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Altaic etymology :
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Proto-Altaic: *p`ăp`a
Meaning: shaman, sorcery
Russian meaning: колдун, колдовство
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Turkic etymology :
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Proto-Turkic: *apačɨ, *apakɨ
Meaning: 1 bogy 2 figure set up to avert the evil eye 3 idol
Russian meaning: 1 бука 2 фигурка для отвода сглаза 3 идол
Karakhanid: abačɨ 1, abaqɨ 2 (MK) Turkish: apaq, abaq 'jinn, ghoul' (dial.), 'fool'
Middle Turkic: (MKypch.) abaq 'doll' (Houts., At-Tuhf.) Uzbek: ɔpa-lar 'female evil ghosts' (lit. "elder sisters")
Yakut: abāhɨ 'evil ghost'
Balkar: abačɨ 1
Karaim: abaq, abax 3
Comments: VEWT 1, 2, EDT 6, 8. Quite dubious is the hypothesis (see Аникин 71, TMN 4, 307-310, Clark 1977, 127) of the Turkic forms being borrowed from Mong. abuɣаči 'receiver' (all the more so because the Bur. form is not abāša, but abagša, i. e. reflecting -g-, not -ɣ-). See a detailed discussion in Stachowski 2001. turcet-prnum,turcet-meaning,turcet-rusmean,turcet-krh,turcet-trk,turcet-chg,turcet-uzb,turcet-jak,turcet-blkx,turcet-krmx,turcet-reference,
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Mongolian etymology :
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Proto-Mongolian: *hab
Meaning: sorcery
Russian meaning: колдовство
Written Mongolian: ab (L 1) Middle Mongolian: xab (SH), hab (IM) Buriat: ab
Kalmuck: ab KW 1, avǝ КРС 20 Shary-Yoghur: fawa 'shaman' (MGCD 160) Comments: Mong. > Oyr., Yak. ap (see KW 1, VEWT 21); Mong. *habtaj (Bur. abtaj) > Evk. aptaj, Yak. aptā-, Dolg. aptā-k (Kaɫ. MEJ 129, Stachowski 35); Mong. ab-galdai 'shaman mask' > Evk. awagaldai, see Doerfer MT 126. monget-prnum,monget-meaning,monget-rusmean,monget-wmo,monget-mmo,monget-bur,monget-kal,monget-yuy,monget-reference,
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Tungus etymology :
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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *pap-
Meaning: 1 to yell (of a shaman) 2 to divine 3 shaman, sorcerer
Russian meaning: 1 кричать (о шамане во время камлания) 2 гадать 3 шаман, колдун
Evenki: haptaj 3
Negidal: xaptụ- 1
Literary Manchu: fada- 2
Comments: ТМС 2, 297, 316. Evk. has both aptaj and haptaj, of which the former may be < Yak. or Bur., but the latter preserves the old root ( = Neg., Manchu); an example of Wortmischung. tunget-prnum,tunget-meaning,tunget-rusmean,tunget-evk,tunget-neg,tunget-man,tunget-reference,
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Japanese etymology :
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Proto-Japanese: *pápúri
Meaning: priest
Russian meaning: жрец, священник
Old Japanese: papuri
Middle Japanese: fáfúri
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