𐰼𐰢𐰃𐰾

ärmiş

Meaning:
was (apparently/reportedly)
Details:
An indirect or evidential past form of “to be.” It indicates that the speaker did not directly witness the situation but learned about it from another person, inferred it from evidence, or discovered it afterwards.

Word family

In modern languages

Select a region to see the cognate.
Language Cognate
Turkmen -miş²
Turkish (Azerbaijan) imiş, -(y)miş⁴
Turkish (Türkiye) imiş, -(y)miş⁴
Salar -
Gagauz imiş, -miş⁴
Crimean -
Uyghur -miş²
Uzbek emiş
Kazakh -mis²*
Nogai -
Siberian Tatar -
Kyrgyz imiş
Altai -
Alan -
Kumyk -
Tatar imeş
Bashkir imeş
Tıva -
Khakas -
Sakha (Yakut, Dolgan) ebit
Khalaj -əmüş
Chuvash -

* Meaning shifted

Examples

Irıq Bitig
3
Bilgä Qagan
12
Tonyuquq
11
Kül Tegin
13
El-Etmiş Yabgu
3

Translations

German:
war (offenbar/angeblich)
Russian:
был (по-видимому / как сообщается)
Turkish (Azerbaijan):
imiş
Turkish (Türkiye):
imiş