𐰚𐰇𐰲

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-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 /küč/)

  1. strength
  • 𐰛𐰈𐰲𐰠𐰈𐰏 (küčl²üg /⁠küčlüg⁠/, “strong”)

References

  • Tekin, Talât (1968) “küč”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 353
  • 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, →ISBN, →OCLC, 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
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