كەلمەك

Uyghur

Other scripts
Perso-Arabic كەلمەك
Latin kelmek
Cyrillic кәлмәк

Etymology

Inherited from Chagatai کیلماک (kelmäk), from Proto-Turkic *kẹl-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɛlmɛk/

Verb

كەلمەك • (kelmek)

  1. (intransitive) to come, to arrive, to go
    باھار كەلدىbahar keldispring has arrived
  2. (intransitive) to visit
  3. (auxiliary) expresses the continuation of an activity
    مەن ائىلەمگە داۋاملىق خەت يېزىپ كەلدىم
    men a'ilemge dawamliq xet yëzip keldim
    I have written letters home continuously
  4. (intransitive) to come off, to seem
    تار كەلمەكtar kelmekto come off tight
  5. (intransitive) to come to, to amount to
    بۇ تاش بەش جىڭ كېلىدۇbu tash besh jing këliduthis rock weighs five jin
    بۇ كىيىم قانچە پۇلغا كېلىدۇ؟bu kiyim qanche pulgha këlidu?how much does this dress cost
  6. (intransitive) to come, to manifest, to appear

Conjugation

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • كېلىش (këlish)
  • كېلىشمەك (këlishmek)
  • كېلىپ چىقماق (këlip chiqmaq)
  • كېلىچەك (këlichek)
  • كەلتۈرمەك (keltürmek)
  • كەلسە كەلمەس (kelse kelmes)
  • كەلگىندى (kelgindi)
  • كەلگۈسى (kelgüsi)
  • كەلگۈلۈك (kelgülük)

Further reading

  • Schwarz, Henry G. (1992) An Uyghur-English Dictionary (East Asian Research Aids & Translations; 3), Bellingham, Washington: Center for East Asian Studies, Western Washington University, →ISBN, page 689