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TURKISH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

kalmak.

to remain, be left; to be left over

6 characters2 syllables approx.Türkçe language

Meaning & usage

verb/kɑɫmɑk/
  1. to remain, be left; to be left over

    intransitive
  2. to come to a halt, reach a standstill

    intransitive
  3. to wait, stay, camp

    intransitive
  4. to spoil, go bad, sour

    intransitive
  5. to fail (a class), flunk

    intransitive · with-ablative
  6. to be postponed to

    intransitive · with-dative
  7. to be covered with

    intransitive
  8. Expresses continuous action when used with verbal adverbs (those with -a, -e, -ıp, -ip, -up, -üp)

    auxiliary · intransitive
Where this word comes from

From Ottoman Turkish قالمق (qalmaq, “to halt, cease moving, remain, remain behind, be left, to wait, to be deficient”), from Old Anatolian Turkish قَلۡمَقۡ (qalmaq, “to remain”), from Proto-Turkic *kiāl-mak (“to stay behind, remain”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰴𐰞 (qal-, “to be left (behind)”), Old Uyghur qʾlmʾq (qalmaq, “to remain”), Karakhanid قَلْماقْ (qalmāq, “to remain”).

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