түүх

• IPA^(key): /tʰuːx/

From Proto-Mongolic *texü-, compare Dongxiang qiao.

түүх • (tüüh) (Mongolian spelling ᠲᠡᠭᠦᠬᠦ (tegükü))

1. to gather

   Synonyms: хураах (huraah), цуглуулах (tsugluulah)

2. to pick

• түүвэр (tüüver, “collection”)

Cognate with Buryat түүхэ (tüüxe) and Kalmyk түүк (tüük) with no attestations in Middle Mongolian.

Connected by proponents of the controverial Altaic theory with Proto-Turkic *teb, see Bashkir тәүлек (täwlek, “day and night”).

Ramstedt instead suggests a Chinese origin, but doesn't give any particular form.

түүх • (tüüh) (Mongolian spelling ᠲᠡᠦᠬᠡ (teüke))

1. history
   1. past events
   2. the branch of knowledge
   3. a piece of writing

      Synonym: судар (sudar)

2. story
3. biography, memoirs

   Synonym: намтар (namtar)

• түүхч (tüühč, “historian, annalist”)