ہچ

Baluchi

Etymology 1

Cognate with Persian هیچ (hič), Pashto هېڅ (hēś).

Pronunciation

• (Quetta) IPA^(key): /hɪt͡ʃ/
• (Zahedan) IPA^(key): /het͡ʃ/
• (Karachi) IPA^(key): /ʔɪt͡ʃ/

Noun

ہِچ • (hec) (uncountable)

1. none
2. nothing

   اݔدا ہچ نہ بی.

   Èdà hec na bi.

   There's nothing here.

3. zero (digit)

Determiner

ہِچ • (hec)

1. no; not any
2. no possibility or allowance of

   ہچ پۏر کشگ ― hec pòr kašag ― no smoking

Derived terms

• ہچکس (heckas, “nobody, no one”)

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Quetta) IPA^(key): /hʊt͡ʃ/
• (Zahedan) IPA^(key): /hot͡ʃ/
• (Karachi) IPA^(key): /ʔʊt͡ʃ/

Noun

ہُچ • (hoc) (plural ہُچانٚ)

1. the hock of a horse

Brahui

Etymology

Borrowed from Iranian. Compare Baluchi ہشتر (hoštar), Pashto اوښ (úx̌), Persian شتر (šotor).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hùt͡ʃ/

Noun

ہُچ (huc)

1. camel; any animal of genus Camelus

   ہُچ کَشِّنْگ ― huc kaśśiṅg ― to drive camels

Derived terms

• ہُچِّی (huccī, “camelman”)
• ہُچ کَاس (huc kās, “camel hair”)
• ہُچ خْوَاجَہ (huc xvāja, “camel breeder”)

References

• Bray, Denys (1934) “huch”, in The Brahui Language‎^[1], Calcutta, India: Superintendent Government Printing, Part II: The Brāhūī Problem; Part III: Etymological Vocabulary, page 140