ایشق

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

ایشیق‎ (ışık)

Etymology

From the Proto-Turkic root *yạĺ(č)- (“to blaze, flame”), the same source of ایشیمق‎ (ışımak, “to shine”) and ایشین‎ (ışın, “flash, gleam, lightning glow”); cognate with Azerbaijani işıq (“light”) and Turkmen yşyk (“light”).

Noun

ایشق • (ışık)

light, source of light
Synonym: سراج‎ (sirac)
window or opening whence light comes

Descendants

Turkish: ışık

Adjective

ایشق • (ışık)

bright, luminous, shining, illuminated

Further reading

Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “ışık”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2060
Kélékian, Diran (1911), “ایشق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 219
Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “ışık”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Redhouse, James W. (1890), “ایشق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 297

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