𐰘𐰃𐰢𐱁𐰴

Old Turkic

Etymology

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

Adjective

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

• 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