хӳхӗм

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Chuvash

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Etymology

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Ultimately borrowed from Middle Mongol ᠭᠠᠶᠢᠬᠠᠮ᠎ᠠ (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

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хӳхӗм (hüh̬ĕm)

  1. beautiful, pretty, glorious
    хӳхӗм чечексемhüh̬ĕm čeč̬eksembeautiful flowers
  2. strong, vigorous
    хӳхӗм тапакhüh̬ĕm tap̬akstrong tobacco

References

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  1. ^ Poppe, Nicholas (1977), "On Chuvash-Mongolian Linguistic Contacts", in Journal of the American Oriental Society, volume 97, University of Washington, pages 111-114
  2. ^ Róna-Tas, András (1982), "Loan-Words of Ultimate Middle Mongolian Origin in Chuvash", in Studia Uralo-Altaica, volume 17, Szeged, pages 66-134
  3. ^ Jegorov, V. G. (1964) “хӳхӗм”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ čuvašskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Chuvash Language] (in Russian), Cheboksary: Čuvašskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, page 313

Further reading

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  • хӳхӗм”, in Электронлă сăмахсар[1] (overall work in Russian and Chuvash), 1996.