قارىماق

Uyghur

Etymology

Inherited from Chagatai قاراماق (qaramaq), from Proto-Common Turkic *kara-, from Mongolic.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /qɑrimɑq/

Verb

قارىماق • (qarimaq)

  1. (transitive) to look
    دەرىزىدىن قارىماقderizidin qarimaqto look out the window
  2. (transitive) to look after, to keep an eye on, to guard, to tend
    بالىغا قارىماقbaligha qarimaqto look after a child
  3. (transitive) to consider, to hold, to deem
  4. (transitive) to front
  5. (transitive) to wait for, to await

Derived terms

  • قاراتماق (qaratmaq)
  • قاراش (qarash)
  • قاراشماق (qarashmaq)

Further reading

  • Schwarz, Henry G. (1992), An Uyghur-English Dictionary (East Asian Research Aids & Translations; 3), Bellingham, Washington: Center for East Asian Studies, Western Washington University, →ISBN, page 613