sın bolurğa
/sɯn bolurʁa/
This expression has 4 meanings.
Literal translation
to become a statue
Intended meaning
To stand upright in one spot without stirring.
- Goçar jalan baş, jalan kölek, üyge kirdi. Haşirni eslegenley, ernin qabıb, bosağanı qatında sın boldu.Gochar came into the house bareheaded, in nothing but a shirt. The moment he caught sight of Hashir he bit his lip and stood stock-still by the doorway.
- İvannı bla Semönnu qıçırğan tawuşların tunçuqdurğan açı tawuşnu eşitib, beri burulub, kökge qarağanlarında, nemets istrebitel, alanı üslerine qonarıqça, enişge jumulub kelgenin körüb, tepmey, jerlerinde sın boldula.Hearing the shrill noise that drowned out Ivan's and Semyon's shouting, they turned and looked at the sky; seeing a German fighter plunging down on them as if it meant to land on top of them, they froze where they stood without moving.
Literal translation
to become a statue
Intended meaning
To stand rooted to the spot in confusion, at a loss for what to do.
- Sehleden qarap turğan askerçile, sawut oynathanların, qıçırıq-hahayların da qoyub, it bla adamnı bir birden ayırılğanlarına qarap, sın boldula.The soldiers watching from the stalls dropped their brandishing of weapons and their shouting and hullabaloo, and, seeing the dog and the man pulled apart from each other, stood there dumbfounded.
Literal translation
to become a statue
Intended meaning
To stay perfectly still out of fright.
- Tut, qol ayazıŋı beri tut, – dedi. Ne eterik edim. Sol qolumu alğa aŋa uzatıb, közlerimi jartı qısıb, sın boldum."Hold it out, hold your palm out here," he said. What could I do? Stretching my left hand out to him, half shutting my eyes, I froze stiff.
Literal translation
to become a gravestone
Intended meaning
To pass away.
- Jüz jıldan artıq bolsa da, mında Sen, közleni jumub, sın bolğanda, Bügün da jilyayma Maşuknu allında, Bolmağan kibik menden qıyınlı.Though more than a hundred years have passed since You closed Your eyes and died here, today too I weep before Mashuk, as though no one were more sorrowful than I.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 420
- Къарачай тилни фразеология сёзлюгю (1992), p. 210