қалау

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic	قالاۋ
Cyrillic	қалау
Latin	qalau

Etymology

қа (qa) +‎ -ла (-la). The stem is from خواه (xâh), the present stem of Persian خواستن (xâstan, “to want”). Compare Uzbek xohlamoq, which is from the same root and morphologically equivalent.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qɑˈlɑw/
• Hyphenation: қа‧лау

Noun

қалау • (qalau)

1. want, desire

Verb

қалау • (qalau)

1. to want