𐰘𐰃𐰢𐱁𐰴

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Old Turkic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yïmĺčak (“soft”). Cognate with Chuvash ҫемҫе (śemś̬e), Turkish yumuşak, Bashkir йомшаҡ (yomşaq), Yakut сымнаҕас (sımnağas).

Adjective[edit]

𐰘𐰃𐰢𐱁𐰴 (yïmšaq)

  1. soft
    • 8th century CE, Kültegin Inscription, S5
      𐰾𐰇𐰲𐰃𐰏:𐰽𐰉𐰣:𐰘𐰃𐰢𐱁𐰴:𐰍𐰃𐰤:𐰺𐰯:𐰃𐰺𐰴:𐰉𐰑𐰣𐰍:𐰨𐰀:𐰖𐰍𐰆𐱃𐰃𐰼:𐰼𐰢𐰾
      süčig:sabïn:yïmšaq:aɣïn:arïp:ïraq:bodunuɣ:anča:yaɣutïr:ermiš
      Deceiving by means of their sweet words and soft materials, they are said to cause the remote people to come close in this manner.

References[edit]

  • Tekin, Talât (1968) “yimšaq”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 403
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “yumşa:k”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 938
  • Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*jɨm-ĺča-k”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
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