qılmaq
Azerbaijani
| Cyrillic | гылмаг | |
|---|---|---|
| Abjad | قیلماق | |
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *kïl- (“to do, to make”) [1]. Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰴𐰃𐰞 (kïl-, “to do”)[2], Turkish kılmak (“to do”), Uzbek qilmoq (“to do”), Chuvash ӗҫ-хӗл (ĕś-hĕl, “work, business, matters, concerns”).
Pronunciation
Verb
qılmaq
- (transitive, archaic) to do
- namaz qılmaq ― to pray, to make namaz
Conjugation
Usage notes
- qılmaq was once a standard word for 'to do', but is subsequently restricted to a few idiomatic contexts in contemporary language, the commonest of which is namaz qılmaq (“to pray, to perform namaz”).
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References
- ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*Kɨl-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
- ^ Abuseitova, M. Kh, Bukhatuly, B., editors (2008), “𐰴𐰃𐰞”, in TÜRIK BITIG: Ethno Cultural Dictionary, Language Committee of Ministry of Culture and Information of Republic of Kazakhstan