اویماق

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• օյմագ (oymak) — Armeno-Turkish

Etymology 1

Ultimately a derivation from Proto-Turkic *ōy- (“to pick, peck; thimble”), whence Ottoman Turkish اویمق (oy-, “to carve, hollow”). Cognate with Kazakh оймақ (oimaq, “thimble”), etc.

Noun

اویماق • (oymak)

1. thimble

Related terms

• اویمق (oymak)

Descendants

• Turkish: oymak

Etymology 2

From Mongolian аймаг (ajmag, “tribe, province”). Compare Kazakh аймақ (aimaq), Yakut аймах (aymaq), etc.

Noun

اویماق • (oymak)

1. tribe
2. sept of a tribe

Synonyms

• عشیرت (aşiret)

Descendants

• Turkish: oymak

Further reading

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “اویماق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 275
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “اویماق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 206