хүч

Mongolian

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *kücin/*kücün, presumably from Common Turkic *kǖč.

Compare Mangghuer kuji, Turkish güç and Kazakh күш (küş).

Pronunciation

• (Ulaanbaatar) IPA^(key): /xut͡ɕʰ/, [xuʰt͡ɕ]

Noun

хүч • (xüč) (Mongolian spelling ᠬᠦᠴᠦ (küčü)); (hidden-n declension)

1. strength, power
2. violence, coercion
3. energy, life force
4. empathy
5. stoutness, fat (of animals)
6. manpower, workforce
7. (physics) force
8. (physics) power