утх

Kalmyk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /utˈχə/

Etymology 1

Cyrillic	Clear Script
утх (utx)	ᡇᡑᡍᠠ(udxa)

Cognate with Mongolian утга (utga).

Noun

утх • (utx)

1. meaning

   Synonym: учр-утх (uçr-utx)

Etymology 2

Cyrillic	Clear Script
утх (utx)	ᡇᡐᡇᡎᠠ(utuɣa)

From Proto-Mongolic *kïtuga. Cognate with Mongolian хутга (xutga). The reason for the loss of initial consonant is unclear.

Noun

утх • (utx)

1. knife

Etymology 3

Cyrillic	Clear Script
утх (utx)	ᡇᡐᡇᡍᡇ(utuxu)

Connected to утан (utan, “smoke”), the root of which comes from Proto-Mongolic *hutuxa. Compare Mongolian утаа (utaa).

Verb

утх • (utx)

1. to smoke
2. to fumigate; to infuse with smoke

References

• Muniev, B. D. (1977) “утх”, in Калмыцко-русский словарь [Kalmyk–Russian dictionary], Moscow: Издательство "Русский язык", page 540a