Turkish

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Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish ایچمك (içmek), from Proto-Turkic *ič-.[1][2][3] Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰃𐰲 (ič-), Karakhanid اِجْماكْ (ičmēk).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /it͡ʃˈmɛc/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: iç‧mek

Verb

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içmek (third-person singular simple present içer)

  1. (transitive) to drink, to swallow a liquid
  2. (intransitive) to consume alcohol
    O akşam saat ikiye kadar içtiler.That night they drank until 2 AM in the night.
  3. (transitive, of tobacco products) to smoke, to inhale
  4. (transitive, figuratively) to absorb

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “iç-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 19
  2. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ič-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  3. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “iç-”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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Turkmen

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *ič- (to drink).

Verb

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içmek

  1. to drink