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) (3rd person possessive хурҫӑсем, plural хурҫӑсем) 

  1. (chemistry) steel