𐰃𐰾

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *īĺč (“work, service”). Cognate with Turkish iş, Uzbek ish, Kazakh іс (ıs), Tuvan иш (iş) and Chuvash ӗҫ (ĕś).

Noun

𐰃𐰾 (iš)

1. work, service
   • 8th century CE, Kültegin Inscription, West-side

     𐰸𐰆𐰺𐰑𐰣𐰍[...]𐰃𐰤𐰢: 𐰰𐰇𐰠𐱅𐰃𐰏𐰤: 𐰇𐰠𐱅𐰃[...]: 𐰃𐰾𐰏: 𐰰𐰇𐰲𐰏: 𐰋𐰃𐰼𐱅𐰰: 𐰇𐰲𐰤: 𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰰: 𐰋𐰃𐰠𐰏𐰀: 𐰴𐰍𐰣: 𐰖𐰸𐰃𐰴𐰀: 𐰃𐰤𐰢: 𐰰𐰇𐰠𐱅𐰃𐰏𐰤𐰏: 𐰰𐰇𐰕𐰓𐰇: 𐰆𐰞𐰺𐱃[...]:

     Qorudunug [...] inim Kültigin ölti [...] išig küčüg birtük üčün Türük bilge kagan ayuyïqa inim Kötiginig közedü olurt^u?

     Since he protected [...] my brother Kültigin [...] ^died? for him we worked very hard [so that] his order [could become] law...

References

• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “i:ş”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 254
• Orkun, Hüseyin Namık (1936) Eski Türk Yazıtları [Old Turkic Inscriptions] (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 529) (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurmu Basımevi, published 1994