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 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

Derived terms

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