quru qalırğa
/quru qalɯrʁa/
This expression has 2 meanings.
Literal translation
to be left empty
Intended meaning
To be bereaved, to have a close person die.
- Halim bolmasa, Aliyçikden quru qala edim, jüregimi suwurub berirge uğay tüyülme... – allay jumuşaq sözlege kölün toltura, Zuhura Jaşuevna arbazğa kirdi.If it were not for Halim, I would have been left without Aliychik — I would not refuse even to tear out my heart and give it away... — filling her words with such tenderness, Zukhura Dzhashuevna stepped into the yard.
Literal translation
to be left empty
Intended meaning
To end up not possessing something, to be deprived of it.
- Sen bara kiriş ansı, akkordeonladan quru qalıb ketebiz, nemça qobuzdu, öresine duw janadı, bolğanı pil süekdendi, – dedi Hasan.Go and sign up, or we will be left without the accordions — it is a German instrument, it blazes all over when stood upright, the whole of it is of ivory, — said Hasan.
Variants
- qurlay qalırğa
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 340