ճուտ

Inherited from Middle Armenian ճուտ (čut), whose origin is unknown. Perhaps somehow connected with Old Armenian ճետ (čet, “descendants, progeny”), which in the dialects also means "chick". Alternatively, an onomatopoeic formation. According to Ačaṙean, the similarity to Laz ჭუტა (ç̌uťa, “small”) is accidental.

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃut/,
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒud/,

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ճուտ • (čut)

1. chick, nestling, young of a bird, especially a young chicken
2. (colloquial) small child, youngster

   նեգրի ճուտ ― negri čut ― black child

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1913) “ճուտ”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 733ab
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “ճուտ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 215a
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “ճուտ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 497a