qolğa alırğa

/qolʁa alɯrʁa/

This expression has 6 meanings.

Literal translation

to take into the hand

Intended meaning

To set about a particular task and begin carrying it out in earnest.
  • Onsegizinçi jılda Malqarnı aythılıq bolşevikleri Üsuf Nastuev bla Magomet Eneev Terk oblastnı halqlarını beşinçi sezdinden qaythanlay, ullu revolütsiyalı quraw işni qolğa aladıla.In the year eighteen, on returning from the fifth congress of the peoples of the Terek region, the famous Balkar Bolsheviks Yusuf Nastuev and Magomet Eneev took up the great revolutionary work of organizing.
  • Fedor keçe sayın Mazannı oqurğa üyretiwnü bütün da bek qolğa aldı.Every night Fedor took up teaching Mazan to read all the more earnestly.

Literal translation

to take into the hand

Intended meaning

To take a country or territory by force of arms; to subjugate it.
  • Ala bizni joyub, bitew Rosseyni qollarına alır umut etedile.They hope to destroy us and conquer the whole of Russia.

Literal translation

to take into the hand

Intended meaning

To seize someone and put them in prison.
  • Ol kyafırladan birleri tüz busağatda bılaynı enişge ozğandı. Artha qaytırıq jolun saqlap turub, qolğa alırğa kerekdi, – dedi Mahay biy."One of those infidels passed just below here a moment ago. We must wait on the road he will come back by and arrest him," said Bey Mahay.

Literal translation

to take into the hand

Intended meaning

To bring oneself under control and hold to disciplined conduct.
  • Sen [Harun], har zatnı bilib turğanlay, kesiŋi qolğa almaysa, – dedi Aminat."You, Harun, know everything perfectly well, and still you do not pull yourself together," said Aminat.

Literal translation

to take into the hand

Intended meaning

To cow someone into submission; to make another person obey through intimidation.
  • Bek alğandıla seni ua qolğa, çabaqnı tutar üçün, qurtnu ırğaqğa suqğanlay, – dedi Muhtar Maçarğa."They have brought you well to heel, the way a worm is stuck on a hook to catch a fish," said Muhtar to Machar.

Literal translation

to take into the hand

Intended meaning

To take authority or the right of decision to oneself.
  • Süyünçülügüŋ meni, joldaş Smirnov! – dedi çalbaş Alekseev, – Petrogradda proletar revolütsiya horlap, bitew vlastnı Petrograd Soveti kesi qoluna alğandı!"You owe me for the good news, comrade Smirnov!" said grey-headed Alekseev. "The proletarian revolution has won in Petrograd, and the Petrograd Soviet has seized all power!"

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