ýama

Turkmen

Etymology

From a derivation of Proto-Turkic *yama- (to patch).[1]

Cognate with Turkish yama.

Noun

ýama (definite accusative ýamany, plural ýamalar)

  1. patch

Declension

Declension of ýama
singular plural
nominative ýama ýamalar
accusative ýamany ýamalary
genitive ýamanyň ýamalaryň
dative ýamā ýamalara
locative ýamada ýamalarda
ablative ýamadan ýamalardan

References

  1. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*jama-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill