չտես

From Old Armenian չտես (čʻtes). For the sense development compare Azerbaijani görməmiş.

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃʰəˈtes/,
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃəˈdes/,

չտես • (čʻtes) (superlative ամենաչտես)

1. someone that has not seen or something that has not been seen
2. (dialectal) ignorant, not having seen much of the world
3. (dialectal) someone who takes interest in every foolish thing
4. (derogatory) greedy, grasping, eager, insatiable, specifically of someone who quickly rose from poverty to wealth and is now arrogant about it in an unseemly way; an upstart

   Synonym: (dialectal) գյորմամիշ (gyormamiš)

   Չտեսի մեկն է․ ոսկի ժամացույց է կախել, և կարծես ամենքի աչքն ուզում է կոխել, թե ա՛յ, ոսկի ժամացույց ունիմ։

   Čʻtesi mekn ē; oski žamacʻuycʻ ē kaxel, ew karces amenkʻi ačʻkʻn uzum ē koxel, tʻe áy, oski žamacʻuycʻ unim.

   He's an upstart; he wears a golden watch and it's as if he wants to show off to everyone, "see, I have a golden watch."

• Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1944–1945) “չտես”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: State Publishing House
• Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2001–2012), “չտես”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan

չ- (čʻ-, “negative prefix”) +‎ տեսանեմ (tesanem, “to see”)

չտես • (čʻtes)

1. blind to, not seeing

   ընդ չտեսս առնել ― ənd čʻtess aṙnel ― to act as if one cannot see something, turn a blind eye

• Armenian: չտես (čʻtes)

• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “չտես”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “չտես”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy