жату

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic جاتۋ
Cyrillic жату
Latin jatu

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yat-.

Verb

жату • (jatu)

  1. to lie (to rest in a horizontal position on a surface)
  2. to go sleep
  3. to belong to, to be considered
    “Аватар“ анимеге жата ма, жатпай ма білмеймін ― “Avatar“ animege jata ma, jatpai ma bılmeimın ― I don't know whether “Avatar“ is considered anime or not.
  4. (auxiliary, + -іп (-ıp)) Used to form continuous aspect
    Мен оқып жатырмын ― Men oqyp jatyrmyn ― I am reading
  5. (auxiliary, + -ғалы (-ğaly)) about to
    Мен оқығалы жатырмын ― Men oqyğaly jatyrmyn ― I am about to read

See also

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