харыс

Yakut

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) See Bashkir ҡарыш (qarış) for cognates.

Noun

харыс • (xarıs)

  1. span (an old unit of measure, equivalent to the distance between the outstretched thumb and middle fingers, thus approximately 10 cm)

Etymology 2

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

Noun

харыс • (xarıs)

  1. care, prudence
    Synonym: кыһалҕа (kıhalğa)
  2. (economics) thrift
Derived terms
  • харыс тыл (xarıs tıl, “euphemism”)

Etymology 3

Reciprocal-cooperative form of хар (xar, “to block off”).

Verb

харыс • (xarıs)

  1. (of certain animals, esp. bulls, deer, moose) (intransitive) to fight, to butt heads
  2. (intransitive, figurative) to fight, to butt heads
    икки күүс харсар ― ikki küüs xarsar ― two forces are fighting
    Synonym: охсус (oxsus)
  3. (intransitive) to part ways
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