qazıq oynatırğa

/qazɯq ojnatɯrʁa/

Literal translation

to make a stake play

To resort to violence — to act lawlessly, settle a score, or come to blows with someone.

Bir jol, ol [qart qoyçu] bılayğa bek alğa kelgeninde, bu özenni üsünde ertte köp qazıq oynağandı, ullu tüyüşüwle bolğandıla dey keldi.Once, when he [the old shepherd] first came to this place, he went on to say that in the old days there had been a great deal of stake-play in this valley, that there had been big brawls.
Men a bileme, sırtımda qallay qazıq oynarğa bolluğun, sen bilmeyse ansı, – dedi ol."I know well what sort of stake would be danced on my back — it is you who does not know," he said.

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