ہچ

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Baluchi

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Etymology 1

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Cognate with Persian هیچ (hič), Pashto هېڅ (hēś).

Pronunciation

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  • (Quetta) IPA(key): /hɪt͡ʃ/
  • (Zahedan) IPA(key): /het͡ʃ/
  • (Karachi) IPA(key): /ʔɪt͡ʃ/

Noun

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ہِچ (hec) (uncountable)

  1. none
  2. nothing
    اݔدا ہچ نہ بی.
    Èdà hec na bi.
    There's nothing here.
  3. zero (digit)

Determiner

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ہِچ (hec)

  1. no; not any
  2. no possibility or allowance of
    ہچ پۏر کشگhec pòr kašagno smoking
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Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

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  • (Quetta) IPA(key): /hʊt͡ʃ/
  • (Zahedan) IPA(key): /hot͡ʃ/
  • (Karachi) IPA(key): /ʔʊt͡ʃ/

Noun

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ہُچ (hoc) (plural ہُچانٚ)

  1. the hock of a horse

Brahui

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Iranian (compare Baluchi ہشتر (hoštar), Pashto اوښ (úx̌), Persian شتر (šotor)), from Proto-Iranian *úštrah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *úštras.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ہُچ (huc)

  1. camel; any animal of genus Camelus
    ہُچ کَشِّنْگhuc kaśśiṅgto drive camels

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References

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  • Bray, Denys (1934) “huch”, in The Brahui Language[1], Calcutta, India: Superintendent Government Printing, Part II: The Brāhūī Problem; Part III: Etymological Vocabulary, page 140