kalmak

Pronunciation: /kɑɫmɑk/

“kalmak” is a Turkish word. Its 8 meanings in English:

verb

to remain, be left; to be left over
to come to a halt, reach a standstill
to wait, stay, camp
to spoil, go bad, sour
to fail (a class), flunk
to be postponed to
to be covered with
Expresses continuous action when used with verbal adverbs (those with -a, -e, -ıp, -ip, -up, -üp)

Etymology

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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