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қалу

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Kazakh

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Alternative scripts
Arabic قالۋ
Cyrillic қалу
Latin qalu

Etymology

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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

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Verb

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қалу (qalu)

  1. to stay, to remain
    артта қалуartta qaluto lag behind
    алып қалуalyp qaluto abandon
    көре қалуköre qaluto notice
    жолдан қалуjoldan qaluto be late
  2. Expresses continuous action when used with verbal adverbs (those with (-a), (-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

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Derived terms

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