𐽰𐽶𐽽𐽹𐽰𐽷

Old Uyghur

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ič- (“to drink”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰃𐰲 (ič-, “to drink”), Chuvash ӗҫ (ĕś), Karakhanid اِجْماكْ (ičmēk), Turkish içmek.

Verb

𐽰𐽶𐽽𐽹𐽰𐽷 (ičmek)

1. to drink
   • c. 1399, Nestorian Old Uyghur Wedding Prayer (Hochzeitssegen Uigurischer Christen)‎^[1], HochzeitssegenUC 26: T III Kurutka 1857 v 06:

     *** ܕܘܝܢܓܘܪ ܦܘܝܫܘܓ ܟܘܪܘܫܘܦ ܝܝܡܥܓ ܥܝܫܡܥܓ ܡܢܓܝܠܥܡܓ ***

     [***] tüŋür böšük körüšüp yémek ičmek meŋilemek [***]

     ...Relatives and in-laws visiting each other, eating, drinking and feasting...

Descendants

• Western Yugur: ïʂ-

References

• Caferoğlu, Ahmet (1968) “ičmäk”, in Eski Uygur Türkçesi Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 260) (in Turkish), Istanbul: Edebiyat Fakültesi Basımevi, page 88
• Wilkens, Jens (2021) “ič-”, in Handworterbuch des Altuigurischen, Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, page 293