köken: Possibly developed as a minced oath of astagfirullah, ultimately from Arabic أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللّٰهَ (ʔastaḡfiru llāha).
Etimoloji
Probably contracted from Allah (“God”) + mak (“mother”), possibly under Portuguese influence (compare Kristang alamah (“Mother of God”)). Malaysian linguist Amat Juhari Moain suggested that the word is contracted from Arabic اللَّهُ مَعَكَ (al-lahu maʕaka), a traditional phrase meaning “May God be with you”.