puč

• IPA^(key): [ˈput͡ʃ]
• Homophone: půjč
• Hyphenation: puč

Borrowed from German Putsch.

puč m inan

1. coup, coup d’état, putsch

• převrat m

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

puč

1. second-person singular imperative of pučet

• “puč”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “puč”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “puč”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

From Proto-Nuristani *panča, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pánča, from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe.

• IPA^(key): /ˈput͡ʃ/

puč (Eastern Kata-viri, Kamviri, Western Kata-viri)^[1]

1. five

Borrowed from German Putsch.

• IPA^(key): /pût͡ʃ/

pȕč m inan (Cyrillic spelling пу̏ч)

1. coup, coup d’état, putsch

• “puč”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Borrowed from Dalmatian, from Latin puteus (“well; cistern”).

(Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?) Another alternative being from Albanian pus, meaning well; cistern, in turn possibly being an Illyrian word.

• IPA^(key): /pût͡ʃ/

pȕč m inan (Cyrillic spelling пу̏ч)

1. (regional) well
2. (regional) cistern

• “puč”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

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

pȕč f (Cyrillic spelling пу̏ч)

1. (botany) stoma (a tiny opening between two smaller cells with chloroplasts)

• “puč”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025