qol jetdirirge
/qol dʒetdirirɡe/
This expression has 3 meanings.
Literal translation
to make the hand reach
Intended meaning
To hit or beat someone; to raise a hand against another person.
- Abdullah kesinden jıl jarımına gitçe bolğanı sebepli, qol jetdirirge ıylıqsınıb, sözlerine ua jüregi bek awrub, üyüne qaythan edi.Since Abdullah was a year and a half younger than him, he was ashamed to strike him, and though those words hurt his heart badly, he went back home.
Literal translation
to make the hand reach
Intended meaning
To do a small amount of work at something; to give a task or a plot of land a bit of attention.
- Ma, Sonya, bahçalarıŋ juqa tüyüldüle, ol beş ösümnü birine-ekisine qol jetdirsegiz da, bir gektarda 80–90 miŋ tamır qallıqdı, – dedi agronom."Look, Sonya, your garden plots are not sparse — even if you tend to just one or two of those five shoots, there will still be 80–90 thousand roots per hectare," said the agronomist.
Literal translation
to make the hand reach
Intended meaning
To steal; to misappropriate property, especially property held in common or entrusted to one.
- Ara mülkge qol jetdirgenlege keçginlik berirge bizni kişi da erkin etmegendi, – dedi tsehni naçalniki."Nobody has given us leave to pardon those who have stolen from the collective farm," said the head of the workshop.
- O, seni jawuŋ da qol uzatıwçu bolsun!Oh, may your enemy too turn into a thief!
Variants
- qol uzatırğa
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 316
- Малкъар тилни школ фразеология сёзлюгю (1994), PDF page 151