амак

Chuvash

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *emgek (“bother, worry”). Compare Turkish emek (“labor, work”), Tatar имгәк (imgäk, “trouble”), Bashkir имгәк (imgək, “trouble, mutilation”) and Yakut эмэх (emeq, “rotten”).

Related to аман (aman, “to be maimed, to be wounded”).

Noun

амак • (amak)

1. illness, disease

Derived terms

• ача амакӗ (ač̬a amak̬ĕ, “postpartum tremor”) (lit. "child disease") (cf. ача (ač̬a))
• тутамак (tut̬amak, “epilepsy”) (lit. "being held-down disease") (cf. тыт (tyt))
• кӑсамак (kăs̬amak, “measles”)
• сарамак (saramak, “jaundice”) (lit. "yellow disease") (cf. сарӑ (sară), Turkish sarılık (“jaundice”))
• хӑнтӑрамак (hănt̬ăramak, “severe pain in sweat, white heat”) (lit. "beaver disease") (cf. хӑнтӑр (hănt̬ăr))

References

• “амак”, in Электронлă сăмахсар‎^[1] (overall work in Russian and Chuvash), 1996.
• Jegorov, V. G. (1964) “амак”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ čuvašskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Chuvash Language] (in Russian), Cheboksary: Čuvašskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, pages 25-26

Tajik

Etymology

Inherited from Classical Persian عَمَک (amak)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈmak/, [ʔä.mǽk]

Noun

Dari	کاکا
Iranian Persian	عمو
Tajik	амак

амак • (amak) (Persian spelling عمک)

1. paternal uncle

   Coordinate term: тағо (taġo)

Inflection

Inflection of амак
		singular	plural
sound	broken2	or broken2
bare		амак amak	амакон amakon1	[Term?]	[Term?]
definite object		амакро amakro	амаконро amakonro1	ро ro	ро ro
izofa		амаки amak-i	амакони amakon-i1	и i	и i
indefinite, definite relative	bare	амаке amake	—	—	—
	object	амакеро amakero	—	—	—
1The plural form in -ҳо (-ho) (амакҳо (amakho)), is also acceptable.

Possessive forms of амак
		singular	plural
sound	broken2	broken2
bare	1st singular	амакам amakam	амаконам amakonam1	ам am	ам am
	2nd singular	амакат amakat	амаконат amakonat1	ат at	ат at
	3rd singular	амакаш amakaš	амаконаш amakonaš1	аш aš	аш aš
	1st plural	амакамон amakamon	амаконамон amakonamon1	амон amon	амон amon
	2nd plural	амакатон amakaton	амаконатон amakonaton1	атон aton	атон aton
	3rd plural	амакашон amakašon	амаконашон amakonašon1	ашон ašon	ашон ašon
		singular	plural
sound	broken2	broken2
definite object	1st singular	амакамро amakamro	амаконамро amakonamro1	амро amro	амро amro
	2nd singular	амакатро amakatro	амаконатро amakonatro1	атро atro	атро atro
	3rd singular	амакашро amakašro	амаконашро amakonašro1	ашро ašro	ашро ašro
	1st plural	амакамонро amakamonro	амаконамонро amakonamonro1	амонро amonro	амонро amonro
	2nd plural	амакатонро amakatonro	амаконатонро amakonatonro1	атонро atonro	атонро atonro
	3rd plural	амакашонро amakašonro	амаконашонро amakonašonro1	ашонро ašonro	ашонро ašonro
1The plural form in -ҳо (-ho) (амакҳо (amakho)), is also acceptable.

See also

1. амма (amma) (paternal aunt)
2. хола (xola) (maternal aunt)