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Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *kiāl-, compare Turkish kalmak.
Verb
хаал • (qaal)
- (intransitive) to stay, to remain
- Synonym: орт (ort, “to remain, to be left over”)
- Antonyms: бар (bar), таҕыс (tağıs)
- (after the -ан form of a verb) to do something consistently or continuously, to keep or end up doing something
- Antonym: түс (tüs)
- уот умайан хаалла ― uot umayan qaalla ― the fire kept burning
Usage notes
The second sense is found elsewhere in the world. Compare "he stay working" (and the similar expression "he steady working") in Black English, as well as the development of the progressive aspect in the Romance languages (ultimately from Latin stō (“I stand, I stay”)).