тұру

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic تۇرۋ
Cyrillic тұру
Latin tūru

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *tur- (to stand). Cognate with Turkish durmak, Turkmen durmak, Crimean Tatar turmak, Uzbek turmoq, Uyghur تۇرماق (turmaq), Azerbaijani durmaq, Tatar turu, Chuvash тӑр (tăr), etc.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tu.ruw/

Noun

тұру • (tūru)

  1. rising

Verb

тұру • (tūru)

  1. to stand
  2. to rise
  3. to live, dwell, reside
  4. (auxiliary, after -іп (-ıp)) Used to form continuous aspect
    Мен оқып тұрмынMen oqyp tūrmynI am reading
  5. (auxiliary, after (-i)) for now, for a bit (Used to form delimitative aspect, implying the action would last only for a short time)
    Телефоныңды бере тұрTelefonyñdy bere tūrGive me your phone for now
  6. (auxiliary, after (-i), with (-a)) even though, despite
    Ұстаз бола тұра, осыны білмейді.Ūstaz bola tūra, osyny bılmeidı.Despite being a teacher, he doesn't know this.

See also