# амак
## Chuvash
### Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *emgek (“bother, worry”). Compare Turkish emek (“labor, work”), Tatar имгәк (imgäk, “trouble”), Bashkir имгәк (imgək, “trouble, mutilation”) and Yakut эмэх (emeq, “rotten”).
Related to аман (aman, “to be maimed, to be wounded”).

### Noun

амак • (amak)
* illness, disease

#### Derived terms

* ача амакӗ (ač̬a amak̬ĕ, “postpartum tremor”) (lit. "child disease") (cf. ача (ač̬a))
* тутамак (tut̬amak, “epilepsy”) (lit. "being held-down disease") (cf. тыт (tyt))
* кӑсамак (kăs̬amak, “measles”)
* сарамак (saramak, “jaundice”) (lit. "yellow disease") (cf. сарӑ (sară), Turkish sarılık (“jaundice”))
* хӑнтӑрамак (hănt̬ăramak, “severe pain in sweat, white heat”) (lit. "beaver disease") (cf. хӑнтӑр (hănt̬ăr))

### References

* “амак”, in Электронлă сăмахсар‎ (overall work in Russian and Chuvash), 1996.
* Jegorov, V. G. (1964) “амак”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ čuvašskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Chuvash Language] (in Russian), Cheboksary: Čuvašskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, pages 25-26

## Tajik
### Etymology

Inherited from Classical Persian عَمَک (amak)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈmak/, [ʔä.mǽk]

### Noun

| Dari | کاکا |
| Iranian Persian | عمو |
| Tajik | амак |
амак • (amak) (Persian spelling عمک)
* paternal uncle
    Coordinate term: тағо (taġo)

#### Inflection

Inflection of амак :
| | | singular | plural |
| sound | broken$^2$ | or broken$^2$ |
| bare | bare | амак amak | амакон amakon$^1$ | [Term?] | [Term?] |
| definite object | definite object | амакро amakro | амаконро amakonro$^1$ | ро ro | ро ro |
| izofa | izofa | амаки amak-i | амакони amakon-i$^1$ | и i | и i |
| indefinite, definite relative | bare | амаке amake | — | — | — |
| indefinite, definite relative | object | амакеро amakero | — | — | — |
| $^1$The plural form in -ҳо (-ho) (амакҳо (amakho)), is also acceptable. ||||||
Possessive forms of амак :
| | | singular | plural |
| sound | broken$^2$ | broken$^2$ |
| bare | 1st singular | амакам amakam | амаконам amakonam$^1$ | ам am | ам am |
| bare | 2nd singular | амакат amakat | амаконат amakonat$^1$ | ат at | ат at |
| bare | 3rd singular | амакаш amakaš | амаконаш amakonaš$^1$ | аш aš | аш aš |
| bare | 1st plural | амакамон amakamon | амаконамон amakonamon$^1$ | амон amon | амон amon |
| bare | 2nd plural | амакатон amakaton | амаконатон amakonaton$^1$ | атон aton | атон aton |
| bare | 3rd plural | амакашон amakašon | амаконашон amakonašon$^1$ | ашон ašon | ашон ašon |
| | | singular | plural |
| sound | broken$^2$ | broken$^2$ |
| definite object | 1st singular | амакамро amakamro | амаконамро amakonamro$^1$ | амро amro | амро amro |
| definite object | 2nd singular | амакатро amakatro | амаконатро amakonatro$^1$ | атро atro | атро atro |
| definite object | 3rd singular | амакашро amakašro | амаконашро amakonašro$^1$ | ашро ašro | ашро ašro |
| definite object | 1st plural | амакамонро amakamonro | амаконамонро amakonamonro$^1$ | амонро amonro | амонро amonro |
| definite object | 2nd plural | амакатонро amakatonro | амаконатонро amakonatonro$^1$ | атонро atonro | атонро atonro |
| definite object | 3rd plural | амакашонро amakašonro | амаконашонро amakonašonro$^1$ | ашонро ašonro | ашонро ašonro |
| $^1$The plural form in -ҳо (-ho) (амакҳо (amakho)), is also acceptable. ||||||

### See also

* амма (amma) (paternal aunt)
* хола (xola) (maternal aunt)