qara tarta bilgen

/qara tarta bilɡen/

Literal translation

able to draw black

Intended meaning

Able to read and write.
  • Qara tarta bilmegen jalçını jaşı [İdris], har bilgen jaŋılığına sabiyça quwana, jaşaw «universitetini» qıyın derslerin qartlığında da qoymay, qadalıb oquy edi.The son of an illiterate hired hand, [Idris] — rejoicing like a child at every new thing he learned — studied doggedly, not giving up the hard lessons of the "university" of life even in his old age.
  • Barından da ullu qıyınlığ'a – qara tarta bilmegen qaraŋı tawlulanı közkörmezge iyib, din bla baylamlı adamlanı qoratır üçün, mejgitleni keslerine buzdurğan edi.And the greatest misfortune of all: having driven the benighted, illiterate highlanders out of sight, they had the mosques torn down by the highlanders themselves, so as to be rid of people tied to religion.

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