amca
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[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ottoman Turkish عموجه (ʼamuca), 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
[edit]Noun
[edit]amca (definite accusative amcayı, plural amcalar)
- paternal uncle, one's father's brother
Declension
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See also
[edit]Further 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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