amca

(Îngilîzî)

paternal uncle, one's father's brother

Pircarînî

B1
Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin
/ɑmd͡ʒɑ/
Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

In summary

From Ottoman Turkish عموجه (ʼamuca), from older آبجه (abıca, abuca), equivalent to Proto-Turkic *apa (“father”) + *-ča. Compare also Proto-Turkic *abučka (“uncle”). Nişanyan explains the change from /b/ to /m/ as an influence of Arabic عَمّ (ʕamm).

mam

مام

mamhostad

خاڵ

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