хүч

Mongolian

Etymology

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

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

Pronunciation

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
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