qara taşha baylarğa

/qara taʃxa bajlarʁa/

Literal translation

to tie to the black stone

Intended meaning

To subject someone to public shame and humiliation, especially as a punishment.
  • Ters adamğa şeriat süd etib, nalat berib, qara taşha baylağandıla.Having tried the guilty man by sharia court and laid a curse on him, they put him to public shame.
  • Suwsandırlanı Artıq aythandı: «Ol kesine bazınŋan kim ese da, tutuğuz da, ekinçide at üsünde turalmazça etigiz. Qara taşha baylağız», – dep.Artyq of the Suusandyrlas said: "Whoever it is that has grown so sure of himself, seize him and see to it that he can never sit a horse again. Put him to public shame."

Variants

  • qara bağanağa tağarğa (Karachay)

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