Turkish

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Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish قالقمق (kalkmak, to rise, ascend, get up, become erect, become annulled), emphatic form Proto-Turkic *Kạl(ï)- (to rise).[1] Compare Mongolian халих (xalix, to soar, fly). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

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Verb

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kalkmak (third-person singular simple present kalkar)

  1. (intransitive) to go up, rise; become erect
    Tartının bir ucuna yük bindirir isen öbür ucu kalkar.If you load one side of a balance scale the other side will rise.
    Kartal kalkar dal sarkar, dal sarkar kartal kalkar.The eagle rises the branch sinks, the branch sinks the eagle rises. (A tongue twister)
  2. (intransitive) to stand up, rise to one's feet, get up
    ayağa kalkmakto stand up
  3. (intransitive) to get up, wake up, get out of bed
    Körle yatan şaşı kalkar.One who sleeps with the blind will wake up squint-eyed. (A proverb)
  4. (intransitive, for a train, plane, bus, ship) to leave, depart, take off
  5. (intransitive) to rise, come loose, peel off
  6. (intransitive) to go out of use, to be annulled, be repealed, be abolished

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References

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  1. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*Kạl(ɨ)-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill