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

1. (anatomy) vulva, vagina, pussy

Descendants

• Common Turkic:
  • Arghu:
    • Khalaj: hâam
  • Proto-Oghuz:
    • West Oghuz:
      • Old Anatolian Turkish:
        • Azerbaijani: am
        • Ottoman Turkish: آم
          • Gagauz:
          • Turkish: am
    • East Oghuz:
      • Turkmen: am
  • Karluk:
    • Karakhanid: اَمْ (am)
      • Chagatai:
        • Uzbek: am
  • Kipchak: اَمْ (am)
    • North Kipchak:
      • Bashkir: әм (əm), ам (am)
      • Tatar: әм (äm), ам (am)
    • South Kipchak:
      • Kazakh: ам (am)
    • East Kipchak:
      • Kyrgyz: ам (am)
      • Southern Altai: ам (am)

References

• al-Kashgarî, Mahmud (1072–1074) Besim Atalay, transl., Divanü Lûgat-it-Türk Tercümesi (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 521) (in Turkish), 1985 edition, volume I, Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurmu Basımevi, published 1939–1943, page 38