Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/am

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

Alternative Reconstructions

*(i)am

Noun

*am

vulva, vagina, pussy

Descendants

Common Turkic:

Oghuz: اَمْ‎ (am)
- Old Anatolian Turkish:
  - Azerbaijani: am
  - Ottoman Turkish: آم‎
    - Gagauz:
    - Turkish: am
- Turkmen: am
Karluk:
- Chagatai:
  - Uzbek: am
Kipchak: اَمْ‎ (am)
- North Kipchak:
  - Bashkir: әм (äm), ам (am)
  - Tatar: әм (äm), ам (am)
- South Kipchak:
  - Caspian:
    - Kazakh: ам (am)
  - Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
    - Kyrgyz: ам (am)
    - Southern Altai: ам (am)

References

al-Kashgarî, Mahmud (1072–1074), Besim Atalay, transl., Divanü Lûgat-it-Türk Tercümesi [Translation of the “Compendium of the languages of the Turks”] (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 521) (in Turkish), volume I, 1985 edition, Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurmu Basımevi, published 1939–1943, page 38

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