quş-qanat biterge

/quʃ-qanat biterɡe/

Literal translation

for eagle's wings to grow (on someone)

Intended meaning

To be filled with joy and elation, so that one feels light and lifted up; with the causative variant, to fill someone with such joy.
  • Qız obşejitge kirdi, eşikleni etdi da, maŋa da qol bulğay ketdi. Zaynafnı sözlerin içimden qaytara, maŋa quş-qanat bitib, kesi obşejitime aylandım.The girl went into the dormitory, shut the doors and went off waving to me. Turning Zaynaf's words over in my mind, with wings sprouting on me, I headed back to my own dormitory.
  • Ol keziwçükde Leylyanı qol jılıwu Mutaynı baylawundan ötüb, üşügen jüregin jılıtdı ... bügünŋe deri sınamağan sezim anı ırmah sanların quş-qanat etdi.At that moment the warmth of Leyla's hand passed through Mutay's bonds and warmed his frozen heart ... a feeling he had never known until that day gave his limp limbs wings.

Variants

  • quş-qanat bolurğa
  • quş-qanat eterge

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