Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/am

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

Alternative reconstructions

*(i)am

Noun

*am

(anatomy) vulva, vagina, pussy

Descendants

Common Turkic:
- Arghu:
  - Khalaj: hâam
- Proto-Oghuz:
  - West Oghuz:
    - Old Anatolian Turkish:
      Azerbaijani: am
      
      Ottoman Turkish: آم
      Gagauz:
      
      Turkish: am
  - East Oghuz:
    - Turkmen: am
- Karluk:
  - Karakhanid: اَمْ (am)
    - Chagatai:
      Uzbek: am
- Kipchak: اَمْ (am)
  - North Kipchak:
    - Bashkir: әм (əm), ам (am)
    - Tatar: әм (äm), ам (am)
  - South Kipchak:
    - Kazakh: ам (am)
  - East Kipchak:
    - Kyrgyz: ам (am)
    - Southern Altai: ам (am)

References

al-Kashgarî, Mahmud (1072–1074) Besim Atalay, transl., Divanü Lûgat-it-Türk Tercümesi [Translation of the “Compendium of the languages of the Turks”] (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 521) (in Turkish), 1985 edition, volume I, Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurmu Basımevi, published 1939–1943, page 38