хорсох

Mongolian

Etymology

Cognate with Buryat хордохо (xordoxo, “to burn”) and Kalmyk to burn, to hate.

Perhaps analyzable as хор (xor, “poison, harm”) +‎ -сох (-sox).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xɔrsəx/

Verb

хорсох • (xorsox) (Mongolian spelling ᠬᠣᠷᠤᠰᠬᠤ (qorusqu), causative хорсгох)

1. (intransitive) to burn, to sting
2. (figuratively) to hate

Derived terms

• хорсол (xorsol, “grudge, hatred”)