calamaq

From Proto-Mongolic *ǰalga- (“to fasten, join”). Compare Kazakh жалғау (jalğau).

• IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɑɫɑˈmɑχ], [d͡zɑɫɑˈmɑχ]

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• Hyphenation: ca‧la‧maq

calamaq (transitive)

1. (botany) to engraft (upon), to inoculate (with)
2. (medicine) to transplant

   Synonym: köçürmək

3. to joint
   1. to fasten, to attach to
   2. to dock, to couple tightly
   3. to found together, to weld together
   4. to tie together
   5. to sew on; to nail on; to stitch on

   Synonyms: bağlamaq, rəbt etmək, qoşmaq, yapışdırmaq

4. used to show repeated performance of an action with a direct object without interruption

   siqareti siqaretə calamaq ― to smoke one cigarette after another, to chain-smoke

   qədəhi qədəhə calamaq ― to drink one glass after another

   sualı suala calamaq ― to ask one question after another

5. to lengthen, to augment
6. to spill

   çayı paltarın üstünə calamaq ― to spill tea on the dress

7. (figurative) to arrogate, to ascribe, to attribute, to impute
8. (figurative) to impose (on), to thrust (on), to foist (on)
9. (figurative) to entangle, involve

   Synonyms: qatmaq, qarışdırmaq, qoşmaq

• Orucov, Əliheydər, editor (2006), “calamaq”, in Azərbaycan dilinin izahlı lüğəti [Explanatory Dictionary of the Azerbaijani Language]‎^[1] (in Azerbaijani), 2nd edition, volume 1, Baku: Şərq-Qərb