къалмакъ

Kumyk

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kiāl-mak (“to stay behind, remain”).

Verb

къалмакъ • (qalmaq)

1. to stay
2. to remain, to be left
3. to be postponed, to be left for a later point
4. expresses completeness, single occurrence or unexpectedness of an action; the lexical meaning is expressed by a preceding converb

Further reading

• Бамматов Б.Г., editor (2013), “къалмакъ”, in Кумыкско-русский словарь, Makhachkala: ИЯЛИ ДНЦ РАН