самарқау

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic سامارقاۋ
Cyrillic самарқау
Latin samarqau

Etymology

Likely borrowed from Mongolic. Compare Kyrgyz санааркоо (sanaarkoo, to worry, be sad), Southern Altai санааркар (sanaarkar), Yakut санаарҕаа (sanaarğaa). Derived from sanaa, cognate with сана (sana, mind). See марғау (marğau).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /samarqaw/, [samɑɾqʰɑw]

Adjective

самарқау • (samarqau)

  1. sluggish, slow
  2. apathetic, cold-hearted