quloq
Uzbek—English Dictionary (Dirks, 2005)
quloq
1: ear; earflap; earphone; handle, crank; tuning peg; first leaves (of cotton plant); hammer (of gun). ~i yo'q heedless, disobedient. ~im senda/~ ber-/~ tishlash betrothal at infancy. ~ qashimay w/o pausing to think. ~ qimirlatmay w/o flinching. ~ qoq- to hold one's outspread hands next to one's ears while praying. ~iga ayt-/~iga ayt(il)adigan gap words for one person's ears only. u ~idan kirib, bu ~idan chiqdi in one ear and out the other. ~iga kir- to reach one's ears. ~iga gap kirmaydi stubborn, deaf; distracted. ~iga etkaz- to notify s.o. ~iga et- to hear of. ~qa ol- to listen to, to heed. ~qa uril- to be heard. ~iga quy- to teach, to instruct. ~ingga quyib ol Learn this like the back of your hand. ~i ostida/~idan kun ko'rinadi thin as a rail (lit., 'so thin you can see through his ears'). ~dan ~qa passed on (by word of mouth). ~ini pishit-/chigit ikki ~ bo'ldi the cotton sprouts have opened their first leaves. og'zi ~ida smiling from ear to ear. ~idan/~igacha dunyoga ko'm- to bury up to one's ears in wealth. ~idan/~igacha qarzaga bot- to be up to one's ears in debt. ~ini burab qo'y- to twist one's ear. ~-miyani e- or ~-miyani qoqib qo'liga ber- to drive to distraction with noise or jabber.
2: mouth of a branch canal; a measure of water passing through such a canal.
3: (Russian) kulak. ~ qil- to exile.