пӑх

Chuvash

Etymology 1

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

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

Noun

пӑх • (păh) (plural пӑхсем) 

  1. dung, feces
  2. manure
    лаша пӑхӗ ― laš̬a păh̬ĕ ― horse manure
  3. slag
    кивӗ пӑхӑрӑн пӑхӗ ҫук, пирĕн тӑвансен ӳпки ҫук ― kivĕ p̬ăh̬ărăn păh̬ĕ śuk, pirĕn t̬ăvans̬en üpki ś̬uk ― old copper has no slag, our relatives have no grudge against us

Etymology 2

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

Verb

пӑх • (păh)

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

References
  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
  • “пӑх”, in Электронлă сăмахсар‎ (overall work in Russian and Chuvash), 1996.
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