"imiş" meaning in Turkish

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Verb

Etymology: From Ottoman Turkish ایمش (imiş). Equivalent to *imek (“to be (auxiliary verb)”) + -miş, ultimately from Proto-Turkic *ermiĺ. Etymology templates: {{inh|tr|ota|ایمش|tr=imiş}} Ottoman Turkish ایمش (imiş), {{affix|tr|*imek|-miş|alt2=-miş|t1=to be (auxiliary verb)}} *imek (“to be (auxiliary verb)”) + -miş, {{inh|tr|trk-pro|*-miĺ|*ermiĺ}} Proto-Turkic *ermiĺ Head templates: {{head|tr|verb}} imiş
  1. was, were (auxiliary verb of a type of past tense)
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tr",
        "2": "ota",
        "3": "ایمش",
        "tr": "imiş"
      },
      "expansion": "Ottoman Turkish ایمش (imiş)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tr",
        "2": "*imek",
        "3": "-miş",
        "alt2": "-miş",
        "t1": "to be (auxiliary verb)"
      },
      "expansion": "*imek (“to be (auxiliary verb)”) + -miş",
      "name": "affix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tr",
        "2": "trk-pro",
        "3": "*-miĺ",
        "4": "*ermiĺ"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Turkic *ermiĺ",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Ottoman Turkish ایمش (imiş).\nEquivalent to *imek (“to be (auxiliary verb)”) + -miş, ultimately from Proto-Turkic *ermiĺ.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tr",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "imiş",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Turkish",
  "lang_code": "tr",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Turkish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Turkish links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Turkish terms suffixed with -miş",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "was, were (auxiliary verb of a type of past tense)"
      ],
      "id": "en-imiş-tr-verb-kkaMquzo",
      "links": [
        [
          "was",
          "was"
        ],
        [
          "were",
          "were"
        ],
        [
          "auxiliary verb",
          "auxiliary verb"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "imiş"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tr",
        "2": "ota",
        "3": "ایمش",
        "tr": "imiş"
      },
      "expansion": "Ottoman Turkish ایمش (imiş)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tr",
        "2": "*imek",
        "3": "-miş",
        "alt2": "-miş",
        "t1": "to be (auxiliary verb)"
      },
      "expansion": "*imek (“to be (auxiliary verb)”) + -miş",
      "name": "affix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tr",
        "2": "trk-pro",
        "3": "*-miĺ",
        "4": "*ermiĺ"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Turkic *ermiĺ",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Ottoman Turkish ایمش (imiş).\nEquivalent to *imek (“to be (auxiliary verb)”) + -miş, ultimately from Proto-Turkic *ermiĺ.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tr",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "imiş",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Turkish",
  "lang_code": "tr",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Turkish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Turkish lemmas",
        "Turkish links with redundant alt parameters",
        "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 terms suffixed with -miş",
        "Turkish verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "was, were (auxiliary verb of a type of past tense)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "was",
          "was"
        ],
        [
          "were",
          "were"
        ],
        [
          "auxiliary verb",
          "auxiliary verb"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "imiş"
}

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