эмч

Kalmyk

Etymology

From эм (em) +‎ -ч (-ç). Cognate with Mongolian эмч (emč).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /emˈt͡ɕə/

Noun

эмч • (emç) (Clear script spelling ᡄᡏᡔᡅ (emci))

doctor, physician
- 1963, Эрнҗәнә Константин, Һалан хадһл, volume 1, Элст: Хальмг госиздат, page 155:
  Шартуһас культармейцнрла ирсн эмч орс күүкн, студентнрт гем бичә хәлдтхә гиһәд спирт бичҗ авхулад сурһуль төгсснә хөн һаринь уһалһдг болв.
  Şartuğas kulʹtarmeytsnrla irsn emç ors küükn, studentnrt gem biçä xäldtxä giğäd spirt biçj avxulad surğulʹ tögssnä xön ğarinʹ uğalğdg bolv.
  The Russian physician lady who came with Kultarmeytsi from Saratov prescribed to students some alcohol so that they don't catch a disease; after the school was over, she made them wash their hands.
- 1989, Бембин Тимофей, Көк теңгсин көвәһәр, volume 2, Элст: Хальмг дегтр һарһач, page 242:
  — Учр уга, үр матрос,— болҗ эмч бас хансар гекв.
  — Uçr uga, ür matros,— bolj emç bas xansar gekv.
  "No problem, comrade sailor", the physician nodded in gratitude..
- 2018, Хабунова Е.Э., editor, Хуучн үгд худл уга: кеерин хураңһу материал, Элиста: ЗАОр «НПП «Джангар», page 146:
  Тиф гидг гем ирхлә, арh уга. Улм дәкәд үклдх, эмч хәләҗәхш.
  Tif gidg gem irxlä, arh uga. Ulm däkäd ükldx, emç xäläjäxş.
  When the disease called typhus came, there was no help. Even more died, they didn't see the doctor.

References

A. Pozdneev (1911) “эмч”, in Калмыцко-русскій словарь [Kalmyk-Russian dictionary], Saint-Petersburg: Типографія императорской академіи наук, page 19

Mongolian

Mongolian	Cyrillic
ᠡᠮᠴᠢ (emči)	эмч (emč)

Etymology

By surface analysis, эм (em, “medicine”) +‎ -ч (-č)

Pronunciation

(Ulaanbaatar) IPA^(key): [e̝m̥t͡ʃʰ]
Hyphenation: эмч

Noun

эмч • (emč); (regular declension)

doctor (physician), usually a qualified one

Hypernyms

эмч домч (emč domč, “healer”)

Derived terms

эмчлэх (emčlex, “to cure”)
- эмчлүүлэх (emčlüülex, “to receive treatment”)
  - эмчлүүлэгч (emčlüülegč, “patient”)

Descendants

→ Tibetan: ཨེམ་ཆི (em chi)