շիճուկ

Etymology
From,. The dialectal forms with developed from  by the process of deaffrication.

Noun

 * 1) whey, buttermilk
 * 2)  serum
 * 1)  serum

Etymology
The origin is.

Ačaṙean lists /  under the unattested root, together with  and possibly , apparently formed with the suffix , and leaves the origin open. He treats 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 as Armenian borrowings. However, later he considers a borrowing from the Persian. The origin is likely in view of 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬,, , 🇨🇬. For the possible ultimate origin see. For the assimilation of to  see.

Unconvincing native etymologies have also been proposed, from, whence 🇨🇬 and possibly 🇨🇬, or from , whence.

Dankoff derives dialectal 🇨🇬,, , from Armenian. If the Turkish words denoting "cheese starter" indeed belong here, then one may also connect 🇨🇬.

Kʿaǰuni has the unsuffixed form, but it is probably spurious.

Noun

 * 1) whey, buttermilk