"imek" meaning in Turkish

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Verb

Etymology: From Ottoman Turkish ایمك (imek, “to be”), from Proto-Turkic *er- (“to be (aux.)”). Cognate with Azerbaijani *imək, Old Turkic 𐰼 (er-, “to be”), Uzbek *emoq and Uzbek *ermoq, Yakut эр (er, “to be”). Uyghur and Uzbek have largely retained the usage of this verb in its 7 derivative patterns in total (whereas other derivatives are lost). Etymology templates: {{inh|tr|ota|ایمك|t=to be|tr=imek}} Ottoman Turkish ایمك (imek, “to be”), {{inh|tr|trk-pro|*er-|t=to be (aux.)}} Proto-Turkic *er- (“to be (aux.)”), {{cog|az|*imək}} Azerbaijani *imək, {{cog|otk|𐰼|t=to be|tr=er-}} Old Turkic 𐰼 (er-, “to be”), {{cog|uz|*emoq}} Uzbek *emoq, {{cog|uz|*ermoq}} Uzbek *ermoq, {{cog|sah|эр|t=to be}} Yakut эр (er, “to be”) Head templates: {{head|tr|verb||{{{1}}}|head=}} imek, {{tr-verb}} imek
  1. (auxiliary, defective) to be Tags: auxiliary, defective Related terms: imiş: from Proto-Turkic *er-miĺ () (imişim/imişsin/imiş/imişiz/imişsiniz/imişler) (english: was, apparently was; was), equivalent to inflection with -miş (english: evidential past tense marker), idük: from Proto-Turkic *er-tük (idüğüm/idüğün/idüğü/idüğümüz/idüğünüz/idükler), equivalent to inflection with -dik Related terms (from Proto-Turkic *er-se (“if”), equivalent to inflection with -se (“conditional mood marker”)): ise (alt: isem/isen/ise/isek/iseniz/iseler) (english: if, if it is) Related terms (from Proto-Turkic *er-ti (“was”), equivalent to inflection with -di (“past tense marker”)): idi (alt: idim/idin/idi/idik/idiniz/idiler) (english: was) Related terms (probably): iken (english: when, while, meantime)

Inflected forms

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    },
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      },
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    },
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        "1": "az",
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      },
      "expansion": "Azerbaijani *imək",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "uz",
        "2": "*emoq"
      },
      "expansion": "Uzbek *emoq",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "uz",
        "2": "*ermoq"
      },
      "expansion": "Uzbek *ermoq",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sah",
        "2": "эр",
        "t": "to be"
      },
      "expansion": "Yakut эр (er, “to be”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Ottoman Turkish ایمك (imek, “to be”), from Proto-Turkic *er- (“to be (aux.)”). Cognate with Azerbaijani *imək, Old Turkic 𐰼 (er-, “to be”), Uzbek *emoq and Uzbek *ermoq, Yakut эр (er, “to be”). Uyghur and Uzbek have largely retained the usage of this verb in its 7 derivative patterns in total (whereas other derivatives are lost).",
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        "to be"
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        "(auxiliary, defective) to be"
      ],
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        {
          "alt": "idim/idin/idi/idik/idiniz/idiler",
          "english": "was",
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          "word": "idi"
        },
        {
          "english": "was, apparently was; was",
          "roman": "imişim/imişsin/imiş/imişiz/imişsiniz/imişler",
          "word": "imiş: from Proto-Turkic *er-miĺ ()"
        },
        {
          "english": "evidential past tense marker",
          "word": "equivalent to inflection with -miş"
        },
        {
          "roman": "idüğüm/idüğün/idüğü/idüğümüz/idüğünüz/idükler",
          "word": "idük: from Proto-Turkic *er-tük"
        },
        {
          "word": "equivalent to inflection with -dik"
        },
        {
          "alt": "isem/isen/ise/isek/iseniz/iseler",
          "english": "if, if it is",
          "sense": "from Proto-Turkic *er-se (“if”), equivalent to inflection with -se (“conditional mood marker”)",
          "word": "ise"
        },
        {
          "english": "when, while, meantime",
          "sense": "probably",
          "word": "iken"
        }
      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
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}
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      },
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    },
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      },
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    },
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      },
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    },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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      },
      "expansion": "Uzbek *emoq",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
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        "1": "uz",
        "2": "*ermoq"
      },
      "expansion": "Uzbek *ermoq",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sah",
        "2": "эр",
        "t": "to be"
      },
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    }
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        "3": "",
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      "english": "was, apparently was; was",
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    },
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    },
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    },
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      "roman": "idüğüm/idüğün/idüğü/idüğümüz/idüğünüz/idükler",
      "word": "idük: from Proto-Turkic *er-tük"
    },
    {
      "word": "equivalent to inflection with -dik"
    },
    {
      "english": "when, while, meantime",
      "sense": "probably",
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    }
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        "Old Turkic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "Turkish auxiliary verbs",
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        "Turkish terms derived from Ottoman Turkish",
        "Turkish terms derived from Proto-Turkic",
        "Turkish terms inherited from Ottoman Turkish",
        "Turkish terms inherited from Proto-Turkic",
        "Turkish verbs"
      ],
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        "to be"
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        "(auxiliary, defective) to be"
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        "defective"
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    }
  ],
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}

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