qol taş atarğa

/qol taʃ atarʁa/

Literal translation

to throw a hand stone

Intended meaning

To compete at hurling a smooth, round, heavy weight-stone as far as one can — a traditional test of strength.
  • Qıshası, ol [Hajimurat] hunerden, tutuşuwdan bla qol taş atıwdan tirelgen jerinde bir teŋine da alçılıqnı bermegendi.In short, where it came to skill, wrestling and stone-throwing, he [Hajimurat] never yielded first place to a single one of his fellows.
  • Anı [Zawurbekni] tutuşdurub, qol taş atdırıb, az öçge ie bolmağandı [Soltanbiy].By setting him [Zaurbek] to wrestle and to throw the stone, he [Soltanbiy] won more than a few prizes.

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