Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish طامو (tamu), from Proto-Turkic *tamu (hell), itself from Sogdian 𐽂𐼺𐼴 (tmw), the accusative form of 𐽂𐼺 (tm, hell). Cognate with Bashkir тамуҡ (tamuq), Kazakh тамұқ (tamūq), Tatar тәмуг (tämuğ), Uyghur تامۇق (tamuq) and Uzbek tamugʻ.

Noun

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طامو (tamu)

  1. (religion, obsolete) hell, a place of torment where sinners are believed to go after death.
    Synonyms: جهنم (cehennem), دوزخ (duzah)

Descendants

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  • Turkish: tamu

Further reading

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