qaldırmaq

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Azerbaijani

Other scripts
Cyrillic галдырмаг
Abjad قالدیرماق

Etymology

Morphologically from qalxmaq (to rise) +‎ -dır, with /x/ in qalxmaq being lost via syncope. Cognate with Turkish kaldırmak.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: qal‧dır‧maq
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Verb

qaldırmaq (transitive)

  1. to lift up, raise
    Bunu qəbul edənlər zəhmət olmasa əllərini qaldırsınlar!
    Those who accept this, please raise your hands!
    İki aylıq mühasirədən sonra, şəhərin müdafiəçiləri ağ bayraq qaldırdılar və təslim oldular.
    After two months of siege, the city's defenders raised the white flag and surrendered.
  2. to lift (weight, etc.)
    O hamilədir, ona ağır şeylər qaldırmaq olmaz
    She is pregnant, she shouldn't lift heavy things.
  3. to make (someone) stand up; to get someone up (from bed)
    Səhər tezdən uşağı yataqdan qaldırardılaryedizdirib məktəbə göndərərdilər.
    They would get the child up from the bed early in the morning, give it something to eat and send it to school.
  4. to pick up (from the ground)
    Kitab əlimdən düşdü, dostum onu yerdən qaldırıb mənə verdi
    The book fell out of my hands, my friend picked it up and gave it to me
  5. elevate
    Kimi isə göylərə qaldırmaq (figurative)
    to praise someone to the skies
    (literally, “to elevate someone to skies”)
    Onun mənə danışdıqları əhvalımı xeyli qaldırmışdı
    What s/he told me cheered me up a lot
    (literally, “elevated my spirits”)
    Synonyms: yüksəltmək, ucaltmaq
  6. to raise, take up, mention for discussion
    İclasda kim isə bu məsəsləni yenə qaldırdı.Someone on the meeting took up this issue again.
  7. (colloquial) to raise the price of something
    Benzini yenə qaldırıblar!They have raised the price of gas again!
    Synonyms: qiymətini qaldırmaq, bahalaşdırmaq
    Antonyms: aşağı salmaq, ucuzlaşdırmaq, endirmək
  8. (figurative) to cause unexpected activity (often used as 'ayağa qaldırmaq', 'to get up on legs')
    1. (figurative) to stir up, engage, summon, involve
      Bu hadisədən sonra bütün şəhərini ayağa qaldırıblar ki, mütləq günahkar tez tapılsın
      After this happened, they involved the whole city, so that the guilty person would surely be found quickly
    2. (figurative) to cause a frenzy of activity (especially with ayağa (on feet))
      Bu adamın birdən-birə qayıtması bütün şəhəri ayağa qaldırmışdı.
      The sudden return of this person caused frenzy of activity in the town.

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