topha ururğa
/topxa ururʁa/
Literal translation
to strike at the cannon
Intended meaning
To attack someone publicly in criticism; to censure or denounce sharply.
- Appalanı Hasan kesini tawuşluq romanında qaraçay baylanı, patçahnı onowçuların, din qulluqçulanı topha uradı.In his remarkable novel Appalanı Hasan denounces the Karachay rich, the tsar's officials and the clergy.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 460