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Etymology
Borrowed from the etymon of 🇨🇬,, , 🇨🇬: compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. The connection with was made already by Hiwnkʿearpēyēntean. Basil describes 🇨🇬 as "a vernacular word of mild abuse used in the family circle". For the sense development ‘fool’ → ‘child’ see. Alternatively, the sense development is ‘worthless person’ → ‘profane person’ → ‘unbaptized person’ → ‘child’. For the alternation ~, compare 🇨🇬 ~ 🇨🇬, if we are not dealing with vowel assimilation within Armenian.

The initial is a prothetic vowel added to words starting with  according to well-known phonotactic constraints of Armenian, as in, , , ,  etc.

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See also.

Noun

 * 1)  unbaptized person; catechumen
 * 2) newborn child; child that cannot yet speak

Adjective

 * 1) child- or simple-minded, silly