kalmak

Meaning

1. (intransitive) to remain, be left; to be left over
2. (intransitive) to come to a halt, reach a standstill
3. (intransitive) to wait, stay, camp
4. (intransitive) to spoil, go bad, sour
5. (intransitive,with-ablative) to fail (a class), flunk
6. (intransitive,with-dative) to be postponed to
7. (intransitive) to be covered with
8. (auxiliary,intransitive) Expresses continuous action when used with verbal adverbs (those with -a, -e, -ıp, -ip, -up, -üp)

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kɑɫmɑk/

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish قالمق (qalmaq, “to halt, cease moving, remain, remain behind, be left, to wait, to be deficient”), from Old Anatolian Turkish [script needed] (qalmaq, “to remain”), from Proto-Turkic *kiāl-mak (“to stay behind, remain”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰴𐰞 (qal-, “to be left (behind)”), Old Uyghur qʾlmʾq (qalmaq, “to remain”), Karakhanid قَلْماقْ (qalmāq, “to remain”).

Sentences

Söyledim ya , minnet altında kalmak istemem!

I told you, I don't want to be grateful!

Yine teknolojiye güvenip olanlara kayıtsız kalmak mümkün mü ?

Could we bet again on technology and be complacent?

Ama halk bırakmamış, " Ne lazımsa verelim, kimselerin memleketinden aşağı kalmak istemeyiz!" diye direnmiş.

But the people did not let go, they resisted, "Whatever is necessary, we do not want to be inferior to anyone's hometown!"