عموجه

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

  • عمجه (ʼamca), عمیجه (ʼamıca)

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 Bashkir абышҡа (abışqa), Chuvash упӑшка (up̬ăška), Kazakh абышка (abyşka), Kyrgyz абышка (abışka), Southern Altai абышка (abïška) and Tuvan ашак (aşak).

Noun

عموجه • (ʼamuca) (definite accusative عموجه‌یی (ʼamucayı), plural عموجه‌لر (ʼamucalar))

  1. paternal uncle, one's father's brother, thus a second-degree relative
    Synonym: عم (ʼamm)

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

  • بیوك عموجه (büyük ʼamuca, “great-uncle”)
  • عموجه اوغلی (ʼamuca oğlu, “male first cousin”)
  • عموجه زاده (ʼamuca zâde, “first cousin, cousin-german”)
  • عموجه قیزی (ʼamuca kızı, “female first cousin”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: amca
  • → Albanian: axhë
  • → Armenian: ամուճա (amuča)
  • → Bulgarian: аму́джа (amúdža)
  • → Laz: ემუჯა (emuca), ემიჯე (emice) — Jigetore, ემიჯა (emica) — Lome
  • → Serbo-Croatian: а̀миџа / àmidža
  • ⇒ Turkish: Abuşka, abuş

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