amca
Turkish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Ottoman Turkish عموجه (ʿamuca), from older آبجه (abıca, abuca),[1] equivalent to Proto-Turkic *apa (“father”) + *-ča. Compare also Proto-Turkic *abučka (“uncle”).[2]
Nişanyan explains the change from /b/ to /m/ as an influence of Arabic عَمّ (ʕamm).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editamca (definite accusative amcayı, plural amcalar)
- paternal uncle, one's father's brother
Declension
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Nominative | amca | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Definite accusative | amcayı | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Singular | Plural | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nominative | amca | amcalar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Definite accusative | amcayı | amcaları | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dative | amcaya | amcalara | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Locative | amcada | amcalarda | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ablative | amcadan | amcalardan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | amcanın | amcaların | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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See also
editFurther reading
edit- “amca”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
References
edit- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “amca”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*Abuč-ka”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
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