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A Zan borrowing: compare Mingrelianჭკუჯი(č̣ḳuǯi, “vessel”).[1] Ultimately from Proto-Georgian-Zan*č̣ur-(“vessel”). The forms կճուկ(kčuk) and կճիկ(kčik) are probably from earlier *կճճուկ(*kččuk) and *կճճիկ(*kččik), suffixed with -ուկ(-uk) and -իկ(-ik) respectively.
^ Kapancjan, G. A. (1975) Историко-лингвистические работы. Том II (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 369
Further reading
Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “կճիճ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
Ġazaryan, Ṙuben, Avetisyan, Henrik (2009) “կճուճ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
Ġazaryan, Ṙuben, Avetisyan, Henrik (2009) “կճիճ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
Norayr N. Biwzandacʻi (2000) “կճիճ”, in Martiros Minassian, editor, Baṙagirkʻ storin hayerēni i matenagrutʻeancʻ ŽA–ŽĒ darucʻ, edited from the author's unfinished manuscript written 1884–1915, Geneva: Martiros Minassian, page 368
Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կճիճ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
Thorsø, Rasmus (2023) Prehistoric loanwords in Armenian: Hurro-Urartian, Kartvelian, and the unclassified substrate, PhD dissertation, Leiden University, page 54
