бөх

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Mongolian

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Mongolic *bekü (“firm, hard, solid, fighter, strong man”);[1] further possibly from Proto-Turkic *böke (“warrior < big snake”).[2]

Compare Yakut бөҕө (böğö, “strong, sturdy, firm”).

Adjective

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бөх • (böx) (Mongolian spelling ᠪᠥᠭᠡ (böge))

  1. reliable, tenacious, hardy, sturdy, tough, steadfast, rooted, strong, powerful, solid, robust
  2. sacred

Noun

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бөх • (böx)

  1. firmness, reliability
  2. wrestler
  3. Mongolian wrestling (a martial art and a folk style of traditional wrestling)

References

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  1. ^ Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), Proto-Mongolian “*bekü”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages, Leiden: Brill
  2. ^ Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), Proto-Turkic “*böke”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages, Leiden: Brill

Etymology 2

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Noun

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бөх • (böx) (Mongolian spelling ᠪᠦᠭᠦ (bügü))

  1. hump, humpback

Yakut

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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бөх • (böq)

  1. garbage, litter, refuse, rubbish
  2. (by extension) something old, outdated, unusable

Derived terms

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