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
   • before 12th century, Uncertain, perhaps an abridged retelling of the deeds of Mar Ammo (MTT.0441-0463)‎^[1], MTT457(U237:b7) - MTT458(U237:b8)‎^[2]:

     𐽷𐽰𐾁 𐽶𐽼 𐫲 𐽰𐽳𐾁 𐽻𐽳𐽱𐽳𐽲 𐽰𐽶𐽽𐽻𐽰𐽾 𐾆
     𐽰𐽶𐽷𐽶 𐽺𐾀𐽰 𐽰𐽳𐽶 𐽺𐽷𐽰𐽸𐽳𐽾 𐾁𐽰𐽾 𐾆 […]

     […] kelip. Ol suvug ičser
     [?] iginte öŋedürler […]

     […] have come. If they drink that water,
     they will recover from their ailments.

   • 1399, Nestorian wedding prayer‎^[3], UC 26: T III Kurutka 1857 v 06:

     […] ܕܘܝܢܓܘܪ ܦܘܝܫܘܩ ܟܘܪܘܫܘܦ ܝܝܡܐܩ ܐܝܫܡܐܩ ܡܢܓܝܠܐܡܩ

     […] tüŋür böšük körüšüp, yémek ičmek meŋilemek […]

     […] relatives [and] in-laws visiting each other; feasting, drinking [and] indulging in pleasures […]

Alternate forms

• 𐫀𐫏𐫢𐫖𐫀𐫐 (ičmek /⁠ʾycmʾk⁠/)
• ܐܝܫܡܐܩ (ičmek /⁠ʾycmʾg⁠/)

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