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Chuvash
Etymology
Ultimately borrowed from Middle Mongol ᠭᠠᠶᠢᠬᠠᠮᠠ (ɣayiqam-a, “to astonished”) (cf. Mongolian гайхам (gajxam, “amazing”), via a Kipchak language.[1] Róna-Tas instead suggested that it may ultimately be from Middle Mongol ᠭᠣᠶᠤᠬᠠᠨ (ɣoyuqan, “beautiful”) (cf. Mongolian гоёхон (gojoxon, “beautiful”) noting phonological problems with the previous proposal,[2] however Poppe rejects this on the basis of attestation. Jegorov suggests that it may be inheritance from Proto-Turkic *körk (“beauty”) (cf. Turkish görkem (“splendor”)),[3] however Poppe notes that the phonology does not line up; see also кӗрнек (kĕrnek, “beauty”) from курӑн (kurăn, “to appear”).
Adjective
хӳхӗм • (hüh̬ĕm)
- beautiful, pretty, glorious
- хӳхӗм чечексем ― hüh̬ĕm čeč̬eksem ― beautiful flowers
- strong, vigorous
- хӳхӗм тапак ― hüh̬ĕm tap̬ak ― strong tobacco
References
- ^ Poppe, Nicholas (1977), "On Chuvash-Mongolian Linguistic Contacts", in Journal of the American Oriental Society, volume 97, University of Washington, pages 111-114
- ^ Róna-Tas, András (1982), "Loan-Words of Ultimate Middle Mongolian Origin in Chuvash", in Studia Uralo-Altaica, volume 17, Szeged, pages 66-134
- ^ Jegorov, V. G. (1964) “хӳхӗм”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ čuvašskovo jazyka (in Russian), Cheboksary: Čuvašskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, page 313
Further reading
- “хӳхӗм”, in Электронлă сăмахсар (overall work in Russian and Chuvash), 1996.