ukha

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noun

A clear Russian fish soup.

OriginRussian уха́ (uxá) ← Old East Slavic уха (uxa) ← Proto-Slavic *jūxà →
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Meanings

nounukha (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA clear Russian fish soup.

    You’ll see pools of kefir, sbiten, kvass, or vzvar in cavities of rocks, borscht and ukha swelling up in tree stumps, stuffed blintzes and pierogi mushrooming in flower clusters or out of tree bark or hanging from leaves, and cream-covered smetannik adorning trees like snow.

    2024, Colleen Houck, “Beware of the Goat from Its Front Side, of the Horse from Its Back Side, and a Monk from Any Side”, in Tiger’s Tale, Ashland, Ore.: Blackstone Publishing, →ISBN

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*yuHs-
  2. Proto-Balto-Slavic*jáušāˀ
  3. Proto-Slavic*jūxà
  4. Old East Slavicуха (uxa)
  5. Russianуха́ (uxá)
  6. Englishukha

Borrowed from Russian уха́ (uxá). Doublet of jus and juice.

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Translations

Arabic حَسَاء اَلسَّمَك
  • حَسَاء اَلسَّمَك (ḥasāʔ as-samak)a soup in Russian cuisine
Chinese Mandarin 鮮魚湯 /鲜鱼汤
  • 鮮魚湯 /鲜鱼汤 (xiānyútāng)a soup in Russian cuisine
Estonian uhhaa
  • uhhaaa soup in Russian cuisine
Finnish kalakeitto
  • kalakeittoa soup in Russian cuisine
French oukha, soupe de poisson
  • oukhaa soup in Russian cuisine
  • soupe de poissona soup in Russian cuisine
German Ucha, Fischsuppe
  • Uchaa soup in Russian cuisine
  • Fischsuppea soup in Russian cuisine
Japanese ウハー, 魚のスープ
  • ウハー (uhā)a soup in Russian cuisine
  • 魚のスープ (sakana no sūpu)a soup in Russian cuisine
Korean 우하, 생선수프
  • 우하 (uha)a soup in Russian cuisine
  • 생선수프 (saengseon-supeu)a soup in Russian cuisine
Polish ucha
  • uchaa soup in Russian cuisine
Russian уха́
  • уха́ (uxá)a soup in Russian cuisine
Spanish uja
  • ujaa soup in Russian cuisine
Ukrainian уха́
  • уха́ (uxá)a soup in Russian cuisine
Vietnamese canh cá
  • canh cáa soup in Russian cuisine

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

ukha. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ukha

MLA

“ukha.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ukha. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ukha,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ukha.

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