тұру
Kazakh
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)
Verb
тұру • (tūru)
- to stand
- to rise
- to live, dwell, reside
- (auxiliary, after -іп (-ıp)) Used to form continuous aspect
- Мен оқып тұрмын ― Men oqyp tūrmyn ― I am reading
- (auxiliary, after -й (-i)) for now, for a bit (Used to form delimitative aspect, implying the action would last only for a short time)
- Телефоныңды бере тұр ― Telefonyñdy bere tūr ― Give me your phone for now
- (auxiliary, after -й (-i), with -а (-a)) even though, despite
- Ұстаз бола тұра, осыны білмейді. ― Ūstaz bola tūra, osyny bılmeidı. ― Despite being a teacher, he doesn't know this.