# կճուճ
## Armenian
### Alternative forms

* կճիճ (kčič), կճիկ (kčik) — dialectal

### Etymology

From Middle Armenian կճուճ (kčuč).

### Pronunciation

* (Eastern Armenian) IPA: /kəˈt͡ʃut͡ʃ/, [kət͡ʃút͡ʃ]
* (Western Armenian) IPA: /ɡəˈd͡ʒud͡ʒ/, [ɡəd͡ʒúd͡ʒ]

### Noun

կճուճ • (kčuč)
* earthen pot, used for cooking and storing food

#### Declension

i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian) :
| | singular | plural |
| nominative | կճուճ (kčuč) | կճուճներ (kčučner) |
| dative | կճուճի (kčuči) | կճուճների (kčučneri) |
| ablative | կճուճից (kčučicʻ) | կճուճներից (kčučnericʻ) |
| instrumental | կճուճով (kčučov) | կճուճներով (kčučnerov) |
| locative | կճուճում (kčučum) | կճուճներում (kčučnerum) |
| | definite forms | definite forms |
| nominative | կճուճը/կճուճն (kčučə/kčučn) | կճուճները/կճուճներն (kčučnerə/kčučnern) |
| dative | կճուճին (kčučin) | կճուճներին (kčučnerin) |
| | 1st person possessive forms (my) | 1st person possessive forms (my) |
| nominative | կճուճս (kčučs) | կճուճներս (kčučners) |
| dative | կճուճիս (kčučis) | կճուճներիս (kčučneris) |
| ablative | կճուճիցս (kčučicʻs) | կճուճներիցս (kčučnericʻs) |
| instrumental | կճուճովս (kčučovs) | կճուճներովս (kčučnerovs) |
| locative | կճուճումս (kčučums) | կճուճներումս (kčučnerums) |
| | 2nd person possessive forms (your) | 2nd person possessive forms (your) |
| nominative | կճուճդ (kčučd) | կճուճներդ (kčučnerd) |
| dative | կճուճիդ (kčučid) | կճուճներիդ (kčučnerid) |
| ablative | կճուճիցդ (kčučicʻd) | կճուճներիցդ (kčučnericʻd) |
| instrumental | կճուճովդ (kčučovd) | կճուճներովդ (kčučnerovd) |
| locative | կճուճումդ (kčučumd) | կճուճներումդ (kčučnerumd) |

## Middle Armenian
### Alternative forms

* կճիճ (kčič), կճուկ (kčuk)

### Etymology

A Zan borrowing: compare Mingrelian ჭკუჯი (č̣ḳuǯi, “vessel”). 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.

### Noun

կճուճ • (kčuč)
* pot, earthen-pot, pipkin

#### Descendants

* Armenian: կճուճ (kčuč)

### References

* ↑ Kapancjan, G. A. (1975) Историко-лингвистические работы. Том II [Historical-Linguistic Works. Volume II] (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 369

### Further reading

* Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “կճիճ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
* Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “կճիճ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
* J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “կճուճ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik
* Ġazaryan, Ṙuben, Avetisyan, Henrik (2009) “կճուճ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
* Ġazaryan, Ṙuben, Avetisyan, Henrik (2009) “կճիճ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
* Norayr N. Biwzandacʻi (2000) “կճիճ”, in Martiros Minassian, editor, Baṙagirkʻ storin hayerēni i matenagrutʻeancʻ ŽA–ŽĒ darucʻ [Dictionary of Middle Armenian Based on the Literature of 11–17th Centuries]‎, edited from the author's unfinished manuscript written 1884–1915, Geneva: Martiros Minassian, page 368
* Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կճիճ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], 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