imek

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ايمك‎ (imek, “to be”), from Proto-Turkic *er- (“to be (aux.)”) which, according to the controversial Altaic hypothesis, is possibly derived from Proto-Altaic *ĕ̀ra (“to be”) (compare Japanese ある (aru, “to be”)).[1] Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰼‎ (er-, “to be”), Yakut эр (er, “to be”).

Verb

imek

  1. (auxiliary, defective) to be

Usage notes

  • The verb has no conjugation, not used outside of its inherited derivatives, see related terms.
  • idi (“was”): From Proto-Turkic *er-ti (“was”), equivalent to inflection with -di (“past tense marker”)
  • imiş (“was, apparently was”): From Proto-Turkic *er-miĺ (“was”), equivalent to inflection with -miş (“evidential past tense marker”)
  • ise (“if, if it is”): From Proto-Turkic *er-ser (“if”), equivalent to inflection with -se (“conditional mood marker”)
  • (probably) iken (“when, while, meantime”)

References

  1. ↑ Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*ĕ̀ra”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
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