qulaq salırğa
/qulaq salɯrʁa/
This expression has 2 meanings.
Literal translation
to put an ear
Intended meaning
To pay close attention to what someone is saying and listen with interest.
- Busağatda, kesigiz bilgenlikden, bizni qayğıbız köpdü, – degen Zaramuqnu awazın eşitib, İslam jaŋıdan terezege qulaq saldı.Hearing Zaramuk's voice saying, "Right now, as you yourselves know, we have troubles enough," Islam again listened closely at the window.
- Zuhra, telefon zıŋırdağanında, alıb qulaq saldı.When the telephone rang, Zukhra picked it up and listened.
Literal translation
to put an ear
Intended meaning
To regard what someone says or decides as correct, and so to defer to it.
- Alay, kün sayın etden toyub, çağırnı suw orununa içib aylanŋan aq ofitserle baylanı ayhtanlarına artıq ullu qulaq salmay edile.But the White officers, who gorged themselves on meat every day and drank wine in place of water, did not set much store by the rich men's boasting.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 334
- Къарачай тилни фразеология сёзлюгю (1992), p. 170