tamuc

Kipchak

Alternative forms

  • tamu, tamux, tamuch, tamuk

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *tamu.

Noun

tamuc (/tamuk/)(Codex Cumanicus)

  1. (religion) hell
    • 14th Century, Codex Cumanicus I, page 35b:
      Infernus Toſak Tamuc
      (la.)Hell (fa.)Hell Hell
    • 14th Century, Codex Cumanicus II, page 59a:
      iarle miſkin kyśiler iacśi bitik bilmeſler talaſchman ſóſin eśittiꝯler ĩanirler órtlik tamucka tuſcherler iecníꝯ tuſacne ílnírler
      /yarlï miskin kišiler yakšï bitik bilmesler talašman sözin ẹšittirler ïnanïrlar örtlik tamukka tüšerler yẹkniŋ tuzakïna ilnirler/
      Poor, wretched people. They do not know the holy book. They believe the word of the hatemonger. They fall into the fiery hell. They get caught in the trap of the Devil.

Further reading

  • Argunşah, Mustafa, Güner, Galip (2015) Codex Cumanicus (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 1491), 2022 edition, Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurmu Basımevi, →ISBN, page 673