آلما

See also: الما

Azerbaijani

Etymology 1

Noun

آلما (alma) (definite accusative آلمانێ (almanı), plural آلمالار (almalar))

1. Arabic spelling of alma (“apple”)

Declension

Declension of آلما

	singular	plural
nominative	آلما	آلمالار
definite accusative	آلمانێ	آلمالارێ
dative	آلمایا	آلمالارا
locative	آلمادا	آلمالاردا
ablative	آلمادان	آلمالاردان
definite genitive	آلمانێن	آلمالارێن

Etymology 2

Verb

آلما

1. second-person singular negative imperative of آلماق

Old Anatolian Turkish

Alternative forms

• آلْمَه (alma)

Etymology

Inherited from Common Turkic *alma.

Noun

آلْمَا (alma)

1. apple (the fruit)
2. apple tree

Descendants

• Azerbaijani: آلما (alma), alma
• Gagauz: alma
• Ottoman Turkish: الما (elma), آلما (alma)
  • Turkish: elma
  • → Middle Armenian: Էլմա (Ēlma)

Further reading

• Boeschoten, Hendrik (2022) “alma”, in A Dictionary of Early Middle Turkic (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.169), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 25
• “alma”, in XIII. Yüzyılından Beri Türkiye Türkçesiyle Yazılmış Kitaplarından Toplanan Tanıklarıyle Tarama Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu yayınları; 212)‎^[1] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963–1977, pages 253, 504

Ottoman Turkish

Noun

آلما • (alma)

1. alternative form of الما (elma)