չտես

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

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."

Declension[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • 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

Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Adjective[edit]

չտես (čʻtes)

  1. blind to, not seeing
    ընդ չտեսս առնելənd čʻtess aṙnelto act as if one cannot see something, turn a blind eye

Declension[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: չտես (čʻtes)

Further reading[edit]

  • 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