Chuvash edit

Etymology 1 edit

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *bok (dirt, dung).[1][2]

Cognate with Turkish bok, Azerbaijani pox, Kazakh боқ (boq), Kyrgyz бок (bok), etc.

Noun edit

пӑх (păh) (plural пӑхсем) 

  1. dung, feces
  2. manure
    лаша пӑхӗlaš̬a păh̬ĕhorse manure
  3. slag
    кивӗ пӑхӑрӑн пӑхӗ ҫук, пирĕн тӑвансен ӳпки ҫукkivĕ p̬ăh̬ărăn păh̬ĕ śuk, pirĕn t̬ăvans̬en üpki ś̬ukold copper has no slag, our relatives have no grudge against us

Etymology 2 edit

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *bạk- (to look).

Verb edit

пӑх (păh)

  1. to look
  2. to inspect
  3. to pay attention
  4. to treat (entertain with food or drink)

References edit

  1. ^ Jegorov, V. G. (1964) “пӑх”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ čuvašskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Chuvash Language] (in Russian), Cheboksary: Čuvašskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, page 151
  2. ^ Fedotov, M. R. (1996) “пӑх”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ čuvašskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Chuvash Language] (in Russian), volume I, Cheboksary: Chuvash State Institute of Humanities, pages 405-406

Further reading edit

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