عموجه

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

  • عمجه (amca)

Etymology

From the older form آبجه (abıca, abuca), from Proto-Turkic *abučka (uncle), probably under the influence of Arabic عَمّ (ʕamm, paternal uncle); cognate with Chuvash упӑшка (up̬ăška), Kazakh абышка (abyşka), Kyrgyz абышка (abışka), Southern Altai абышка (abïška) and Tuvan ашак (aşak).

Noun

عموجه • (ʿamuca)

  1. paternal uncle, one's father's brother

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

  • عموجه اوغلی (ʿamuca oğlu, first cousin)

Descendants

  • Turkish: amca
  • Armenian: ամուճա (amuča)
  • Bulgarian: аму́джа (amúdža)
  • Serbo-Croatian: а̀миџа / àmidža

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