ճճի

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Etymology[edit]

An ideophone[1] for a squishy bug, with parallels in the languages of the Caucasus: compare Georgian ჭია (č̣ia), ჭუა (č̣ua), ჭიაჭუა (č̣iač̣ua), Laz წიწი (ǯiǯi), Budukh чич (čič), Kryts çiç (worm). Note also Middle Armenian ճիճու լինել (čiču linel, to be squashed) and Proto-Kartvelian *čečw- ~ *ččw- (to soften) (whence Georgian ჩვილი (čvili)).

Noun[edit]

ճճի (čči)

  1. bug, insect, worm, vermin

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Inčičean, Ġukas (1835) Hnaxōsutʿiwn ašxarhagrakan Hayastaneaycʿ ašxarhi [National antiquities of Armenia] (in Old Armenian), volume III, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 21

Further reading[edit]

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977), “ճճի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume III, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 206ab
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “ճճի”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), “ճճի”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 494b
  • Nikolaev, Sergei L.; Starostin, Sergei A. (1994), “*čVrčV / *č̣Vrč̣V”, in A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary, Moscow: Asterisk Publishers
  • Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 939
  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879), “ճճի”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy