𐰃𐰲

Old Turkic

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ič (“the interior of something”). Cognate with Chuvash ӑш (ăš, “interior”), Turkish iç (“interior”), Bashkir эс (es, “interior”), Uzbek ich (“interior”), Yakut ис (is, “interior; guts”).

Noun

𐰃𐰲 (ič)

1. interior, inside of something

   Antonym: 𐱃𐱁 (taš)

   • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 18

     𐰚𐰼𐰀𐰚𐰇:𐰃𐰲𐰃:𐰤𐰀:𐱅𐰏:𐰆𐰞

     kerekü:iči:ne:teg:ol

     What is the inside of the tent frame like?

Derived terms

• 𐰃𐰲𐰼𐰀 (ičre)
• 𐰱𐰚 (ičik-)
• 𐰱𐰏𐰼 (ičger-)

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “ič”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 333
• Tekin, Talât (1993) “iç”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 55
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “iç”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 17
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ič”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ič- (“to drink”). Cognate with Chuvash ӗҫ (ĕś, “to drink”), Turkish iç- (“to drink”), Bashkir эсеү (esew, “to drink”), Uzbek ichmoq (“to drink”), Yakut ис (is, “to drink”).

Verb

𐰃𐰲 (ič-)

1. to drink
   • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 17

     𐰽𐰆𐰉:𐰃𐰲𐰃𐰯𐰤:𐰖𐰀𐰽:𐰘𐰃𐰯𐰤:𐰇𐰠𐰇𐰢𐰓𐰀:𐰆𐰔𐰢𐰃𐰾

     sub:ičipen:yaš:yéyipen:ölümde:ozmïš

     (Thus), drinking the water and eating the fresh grass it escaped death, it says.

References

• Tekin, Talât (1993) “iç-”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 55
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “iç-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 19
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ič-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[2], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill