amca

Reikšmė (Anglų k.)

paternal uncle, one's father's brother

Dažnis

B1
Tariamas kaip (IPA)
/ɑmd͡ʒɑ/
Etimologija (Anglų k.)

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).

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