tört bügülüb işlerge

/tørt byɡylyb iʃlerɡe/

This expression has 2 meanings.

Literal translation

to work bent in four

Intended meaning

To labour painfully at heavy, menial work.
  • Sımayılnı jaŋız qızı bir jarlığa barğandı da, tört bügülüb işleydi dep, meni ıylıqsındırsınla.Let them shame me, saying that Smayil's only daughter married a poor man and now toils bent double.

Literal translation

to work bent in four

Intended meaning

To perform the Muslim ritual prayer.
  • Er kişile, tört büklenib, maŋılayların jerge-jerge urdula.The men, bending double, pressed their foreheads to the ground again and again.

Variants

  • tört büklenib işlerge

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