Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Georgian ტუტუცი (ṭuṭuci).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

տուտուց (tutucʻ) (superlative ամենատուտուց) (dialectal, colloquial)

  1. silly, frivolous, daft
    Synonyms: հիմար (himar), անխելք (anxelkʻ)

Declension edit

Noun edit

տուտուց (tutucʻ) (dialectal, colloquial)

  1. fool, nitwit, jackass
  2. (ethnic slur) Georgian

Declension edit

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References edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1913) “տուտուց”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 1042b
  • Kʻamalyan, Arewik (2017) “Ētʻnofolizmə hayerenum ew ṙuserenum [Ethnophaulisms (ethnic slurs) in Armenian and Russian]”, in “Jahukyan Readings” International Conference, Yerevan, June 15–16, 2017: Collection of papers[1] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 376 of 370–385
  • Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1945) “տուտուց”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume IV, Yerevan: State Publishing House, page 438c
  • Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2010), “տուտուց”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume VI, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 254b