Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/oš

This Proto-Turkic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Turkic

Interjection

*oš (Common Turkic)

1. exclamation for drawing attention to something, such as something the speaker is pointing to, or what they are saying; here!, lo!, behold! see!
2. exclamation used for emphasis

Derived terms

• *oš ol

Descendants

• Oghuz:
  • Old Anatolian Turkish: اوش (uş, üş)
    • Azerbaijani: (obsolete) uş
    • Ottoman Turkish: اوش (uş)
      • Turkish: (obsolete or dialectal) uş
• Karluk:
  • Karakhanid: [script needed] (oš)
    • Chagatai: [script needed] (oš)

Further reading

• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “oş”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 255
• Räsänen, Martti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 366
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “şu”, in Nişanyan Sözlük