хурҫӑ

Chuvash

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kurč (“hard, firm, stout”).

Cognate with Old Uyghur qurč (“firm, stout”); Southern Altai курч (kurč, “steel; sharp”), Tatar корыч (qorıç, “steel”), Bashkir ҡорос (qoros, “steel”), Karachay-Balkar къурч (qurç, “steel”), Kumyk къурч (qurç, “brisk, vigorous”), etc.

Noun

хурҫӑ • (hurś̬ă) (plural хурҫӑсем) 

1. (chemistry) steel