qurulay
/qurulaj/
1. empty-handed, with nothing
- qurulay qaldı — he was left with nothing
- biz qurulay kelgenbiz — we came empty-handed
- toyğa qurulay baralmadıq — we could not go to the wedding empty-handed
- qoşdan üyge qurulay qaytmawçudula — people don't come home from the herding camp empty-handed
- ol öksüz sabiyni qurulay jibermegiz — don't send that orphan child away empty-handed
- qurulay qaytırğa — to come back empty-handed
2. dry, without anything to drink with it — Said of eating food with nothing liquid alongside it.
- qurulay aşarğa — to eat dry food with nothing to drink
- men gırjınnı qurulay aşadım — I ate the bread dry
- gırjınnı qurulay aşadıq — we ate the bread dry
- etni qurulay aşadı — he ate the meat dry
- qurulay gırjın aşarğa — to eat bread with nothing to drink
3. idly, to no purpose, running empty — Often said of a mill or a cart running with nothing in it, and of empty talk.
- tirmen qurulay aylanadı — the mill is turning idly
- qurulay aylanŋan tirmença — like a mill turning idly
- arbanı qurulay sürdü — he drove the cart empty
- qurulay işlerge — to run idle
4. free of charge, without payment
- ol menŋe almalanı qurulay bergendi — he gave me the apples for nothing
- qurulay birer alma berdi — he gave an apple each free of charge
- qurulay alırğa — to get for nothing
- qurulay berirge — to give free of charge