Where does “İmamoğlu” come from?

İmamoğlu (Turkish) comes from Turkish imam, from Ottoman Turkish امام, from Arabic إمام, from Arabic م, from Proto-Semitic šamaʿ-.

İmamoğlu (Turkish): for a son of an imam

Definitions

  1. for a son of an imam

Ancestry of “İmamoğlu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishimamimam
2Ottoman Turkishامامimam
3Arabicإمامleader, example, exemplar, paragon; imam;...
4Arabicمa prefix used to create nouns of place; a prefix...
5Proto-Semiticšamaʿ-—
Every word from Proto-Semitic šamaʿ- →Every word from Arabic م →Every word from Arabic إمام →
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