Meaning of qalamaq | Babel Free
[ɡɑɫɑˈmɑx]Definitions
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to heap, to pile in a heap, to stack, to stack up transitive
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to kindle, to make, to start (fire) transitive
Examples
“Abbasi xəlifələrinin beş əsr ərzində yığdıqlarını monqollar üst-üstə qaladılar və xəzinələrdən ibarət dağ əmələ gəldi.”
The Mongols piled up what the Abbasid caliphs had accumulated over five centuries, and a mountain consisting of treasures was formed.
“sobanı qalamaq”
to fire the oven
“tonqal qalamaq”
to make a bonfire
“ocaq qalamaq”
to make fire in a stove or in a hearth
“oda qalamaq”
to put to the torch
“Elə ki, çaydanlar qaynadı, qara, hisli neft pilətələri qapıların qabağından götürüldü, (axı, o şəhərdə ocaq qalamağa odun yox idi, samovar salmağa kömür yox idi) elə ki, çaylar içildi, çörəklər yeyildi, taxta pilləkənlərin üstündə bir də taqqıltı düşürdü.”
As soon as the teapots began to boil, the black, sooty oil stoves were removed from the front of the doors, (after all, there was no wood to build a fire with in the city, no coal for heating the samovar); as soon as the teas were drunk and the breads were eaten, there was a clatter on the wooden stairs.
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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