𐰚𐰇𐰲

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Common Turkic *kǖč (“power”). Cognate with Khalaj kü̂ç, Turkish güç, Uzbek kuch, Bashkir көс (kös), Yakut күүс (küüs). Compare also Mongolian хүч (xüč), a Turkic borrowing.

Noun

𐰚𐰇𐰲 (küč)

1. strength
   • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 17

     𐱅𐰭𐰼𐰃:𐰚𐰇𐰲𐰃𐰭𐰀:𐱃𐰍:𐰇𐰔𐰀:𐰖𐰆𐰞:𐰽𐰆𐰉:𐰆𐰇𐰼𐰇𐰯𐰤:𐰘𐰃𐰾:𐰇𐰔𐰀:𐰖𐰽:𐱇:𐰚𐰇𐰼𐰇𐰯𐰤:𐰖𐰆𐰺𐰃𐰖𐰆:𐰉𐰺𐰃𐰯𐰣:𐰽𐰆𐰉:𐰃𐰲𐰃𐰯𐰤:𐰖𐰀𐰽:𐰘𐰃𐰯𐰤:𐰇𐰠𐰇𐰢𐰓𐰀:𐰆𐰔𐰢𐰃𐰾:𐱅𐰃𐰼

     teŋri:küčüŋe:taɣ:üze:yol:sub:körüpen:yiš:üze:yāš:ot:körüpen:yorïyu:barïpan:sub:ičipen:yāš:yépen:ölümde:ozmïš:tér

     Thanks to the strength given by Heaven, having seen way (and) water on a mountain (and) having seen fresh grass on a mountain pasture, it went (there) walking. (Thus), drinking the water (and) eating the fresh grass it escaped death, it says.

Alternative forms

• 𐰛𐰈𐰲 (küč) (Irk Bitig)

Related terms

• 𐰛𐰈𐰲𐰠𐰈𐰏 (küčlüg, “strong”)

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “küč”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 353
• Tekin, Talât (1993) “küč”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 59
• Abuseitova, M. Kh, Bukhatuly, B., editors (2008), “𐰚𐰇𐰲”, in TÜRIK BITIG, Language Committee of Ministry of Culture and Information of Republic of Kazakhstan
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “kü:ç”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 693
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*gǖč”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill