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Southern Altai
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *tamu. ultimately borrowed from Sogdian 𐽂𐼺𐼴 (tmw, “hell”) from Proto-Indo-Iranian *támHas (“darkness”)
Noun
тамы • (tamï)
- hell
References
- Räsänen, Martti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 460