Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/tamu

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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

Etymology

Borrowed from Sogdian 𐽂𐼺𐼴 (tmw),[1] the accusative form of 𐽂𐼺 (tm, hell) ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *támHas (darkness) from Proto-Indo-European *témHos (darkness)[2] whence also Persian تَم (tam, veil).

Some forms suggest inheritence from a form *tamug or *tamuk, according to Clauson, these forms reflect different borrowings from different Iranian languages. Compare also Sogdian 𐽂𐼺𐼷𐼸 (tmyk, hellish).

Connection with *tam- (to ignite) is coincidental and based on folk etymology.

Noun

*tamu

  1. (Common Turkic, religion) hell
    Antonym: *učmag

Declension

Descendants

  • Common Turkic: *tamu, *tamug, *tamuk

References

  1. ^ Gharib, B. (1995) “tm-”, in Sogdian dictionary: Sogdian–Persian–English, Tehran: Farhangan Publications, page 387
  2. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 626
  3. ^ 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 III, Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurmu Basımevi, published 1939–1943, page 234
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “tamu:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 503
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “tamu”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Räsänen, Martti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 460