хӯш

Mansi

Alternative forms
  • [script needed] (khuš) (Central Mansi)
  • [script needed] (khuś) (Central Mansi, Southern Mansi)

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Uralic *kaća (“young unmarried man”)[1]. Cognates include Hungarian hős.

Noun

хӯш • (χūś)

  1. servant
  2. (card games) jack, knave

References
  1. Entry #211 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

Further reading
  • Mansi Dictionary of Munkácsi and Kálmán
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