Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/

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

Interjection

*oš (Common Turkic)

  1. exclamation for drawing attention to something, such as something the speaker is pointing to, or what they are saying; here!, lo!, behold! see!
  2. exclamation used for emphasis

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Oghuz:
    • Old Anatolian Turkish: اوش (uş, üş)
      • Azerbaijani: (obsolete)
      • Ottoman Turkish: اوش ()
        • Turkish: (obsolete or dialectal)
  • Karluk:
    • Karakhanid: [script needed] ()
      • Chagatai: [script needed] ()

Further reading

  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “oş”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 255
  • Räsänen, Martti (1969) “oš”, in Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 366
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “şu”, in Nişanyan Sözlük