Southern Altai

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *tamu. ultimately borrowed from Sogdian 𐽂𐼺𐼴 (tmw, hell) from Proto-Indo-Iranian *támHas (darkness)

Noun

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тамы (tamï)

  1. hell

References

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  • Räsänen, Martti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 460