söz alırğa
/søz alɯrʁa/
This expression has 2 meanings.
Literal translation
to take a word
Intended meaning
To obtain someone's agreement or promise, especially a girl's consent to a marriage.
- Ol a [şofer jaş] Leylyadan sora, birin da jaratmaydı... Ertten-iŋir da saqlaydı ol Leylyanı jolun, kokalanadı qızğa. Alay söz alalmaydı.But he [the young driver] cares for no one but Leyla... Morning and evening he waits along Leyla's way and fusses over the girl. Yet he cannot win her consent.
Literal translation
to take a word
Intended meaning
To be given permission to speak, as in a lesson or a meeting.
- Jaŋı dersni jazdıra başlağanında, Muratnı birgesine olturğan qızçıq, qolun kötürüb, söz aldı.When he began dictating the new lesson, the girl sitting next to Murat raised her hand and took the floor.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 399