тұру

Kazakh

Alternative scripts

Arabic	تۇرۋ
Cyrillic	тұру
Latin	tūru

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *tur- (“to stand”). Cognate with Turkish durmak, Turkmen durmak, Crimean Tatar turmak, Uzbek turmoq, Uyghur تۇرماق (turmaq), Azerbaijani durmaq, Tatar turu, Chuvash тӑр (tăr), etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tu.ruw/

Noun

тұру • (tūru)

1. rising

Verb

тұру • (tūru)

1. to stand
2. to rise
3. to live, dwell, reside
4. (auxiliary, after -іп (-ıp)) Used to form continuous aspect

   Мен оқып тұрмын ― Men oqyp tūrmyn ― I am reading

5. (auxiliary, after -й (-i)) for now, for a bit (Used to form delimitative aspect, implying the action would last only for a short time)

   Телефоныңды бере тұр ― Telefonyñdy bere tūr ― Give me your phone for now

6. (auxiliary, after -й (-i), with -а (-a)) even though, despite

   Ұстаз бола тұра, осыны білмейді. ― Ūstaz bola tūra, osyny bılmeidı. ― Despite being a teacher, he doesn't know this.

See also

• жату (jatu)
• отыру (otyru)
• жүру (jüru)