پوچ

See also: بوح and بوچ

Persian

Etymology

Uncertain. The word does not occur in Middle Persian, but does, possibly, occur in Dēnkard, a 10th-century compendium, where it can be interpreted as "nihility".[1] The word became widespread in Iranian varieties first in the XV-th century.[1]

Possibly from the onomatopoetic Proto-Iranian *pū- (“to blow”), whence also Persian پوک (puk, “hollow”).[2] Has been compared to Middle Persian [script needed] (pūdag, “foul, rotten”).[1]

Compare, however, also Proto-Turkic *boĺ (“free, empty”).

Iranic cognates

Cognate with Northern Kurdish pûç, Gurani [script needed] (pūt), Shughni [script needed] (pūč), Sangisari [script needed] (pūč), Zazaki puç, Talysh püç (“empty”), possibly also dialectal Talysh poş (“empty”) (unless the latter is from Azerbaijani boş).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [pʰuːt͡ʃ]

Adjective

پوچ • (puč)

  1. empty, vacant
  2. injudicious, ignorant, absurd

Derived terms
  • پوچی (puči)

Descendants
  • → Armenian: փուչ (pʻučʻ)
  • → Azerbaijani: puç
  • → Georgian: ფუჭი (puč̣i)

References
  1. Saadat, Yusef (2020). "Contributions to Middle Persian Lexicography". The Digital Archive of Brief Notes & Iran Review (DABIR). 7: 128–148.
  2. Cabolov, R. L. (2010) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ kurdskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Kurdish Language] (in Russian), volume II, Moscow: Russian Academy Press Vostochnaya Literatura, page 124

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