қалу

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic قالۋ
Cyrillic қалу
Latin qalu

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kiāl- (“to stay behind, remain”). Cognate with Turkish kalmak (“to remain”), Old Turkic 𐰴𐰞 (qal-, “to be left (behind)”), Old Uyghur qʾlmʾq (qalmaq, “to remain”), Karakhanid قَلْماقْ (qalmāq, “to remain”), etc.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [qɑˈlʊw]

Verb

қалу • (qalu)

  1. to stay, to remain
    артта қалу ― artta qalu ― to lag behind
    алып қалу ― alyp qalu ― to abandon
    көре қалу ― köre qalu ― to notice
    жолдан қалу ― joldan qalu ― to be late
  2. Expresses continuous action when used with verbal adverbs (those with -а (-a), -е (-e), -ып (-yp), -іп (-ıp).
    Мен ауырып қалдым, сол себептен сабаққа бармадым.
    Men auyryp qaldym, sol sebepten sabaqqa barmadym.
    I was sick, so I didn't go to class.

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • қалдыру (qaldyru, “to leave behind, to skip, to offend”)
  • қалдырылған (qaldyrylğan, “abandoned”)
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