շիճուկ

• շճուկ (ščuk) – Bayburt
• շիջուգ (šiǰug), շդուգ (šdug) – Muş
• սիճուկ (sičuk) – Akhaltsikhe
• սուճուկ (sučuk) – Ararat
• շդուգ (šdug) – Alashkert
• շտուկ (štuk) – Moks
• սուջուխ (suǰux) – Sivas

From Old Armenian շիճուկ (šičuk), շճուկ (ščuk). The dialectal forms with շդ- / շտ- (šd- / št-) developed from շճ- (šč-) by the process of deaffrication.[1]

• (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [ʃiˈt͡ʃuk]

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շիճուկ • (šičuk)

1. whey, buttermilk

   Synonym: շռատ (šṙat)

2. (medicine) serum

• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1913), “շիճուկ”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žołovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 829a
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977), “շիճ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume III, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 518a
• Orbeli, I. A. (2002) Izbrannyje trudy v dvux tomax. Tom II. Materialy ekspedicii 1911—1912 gg. po etnografii i folʹkloru Moksa. Slovarʹ narečija Moksa. Problemy gradostroitelʹstva i arxitektury Srednevekovoj Armenii [Selected Works in Two Volumes. Volume II. The 1911–1912 Expedition Materials on the Ethnography and Folklore of Moks. A Dictionary of Moks Dialect. The Problems of Urban Planning and Architecture of Medieval Armenia], Yerevan: Academy Press “Gitutjun”, →ISBN, page 302

• շճուկ (ščuk)

The origin is uncertain.

Ačaṙean lists շիճուկ (šičuk) / շճուկ (ščuk) under the unattested root *շիճ- (*šič-, “straining, filtering”), together with շճեմ (ščem, “to seep, drip, trickle or to be full of serosity, of matter”) and possibly շիճ (šič, “grain spoilt by rain”), apparently formed with the suffix -ուկ (-uk), and leaves the origin open.[1] He treats Northern Kurdish şûjî (“whey”), Persian سجک‎ (sajuk, “buttermilk mingled with milk”) as Armenian borrowings. However, later he considers շիճուկ (šičuk) a borrowing from the Persian.[2] The Iranian origin is likely in view of Central Kurdish, Laki سِزِک‎ (sizik), Southern Kurdish سِزِگ‎ (sizig), سِزاو‎ (sizaw), سِجِک‎ (sicik, “whey”), Semnani [script needed] (sizna, “whey”). For the possible ultimate origin see շճեմ (ščem). For the assimilation of ս...ճ (s...č) to շ...ճ (š...č) see պատշաճ (patšač).

Unconvincing native etymologies have also been proposed, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwey- (“to soil; mud; filth”), whence Latin caenum and possibly English whey, or from *skeyd- (“to split, divide”), whence ցտեմ (cʿtem).[3][4][5]

Dankoff derives dialectal Turkish cücük, cıcuk, cucuk, çuçuk (“ferment (starter) in making curds and cheese”), sücük (“fresh cheese in ring shape”), sücük, şuyük, şücük, şüjuk, şüyük, şüjük (“whey”), sücük, şücük, sücüyh, şücüyh, sucüyh (“water flowing from bag after yoghurt is poured in”) from Armenian.[6] If the Turkish words denoting "cheese starter" indeed belong here, then one may also connect Russian сычу́г (syčúg).

Kʿaǰuni has the unsuffixed form շիճ (šič, “whey”),[7] but it is probably spurious.

շիճուկ • (šičuk)

1. whey, buttermilk
   • 5th century, Yovhan Mandakuni, Čaṙkʿ [Sermons] :

     Այլ գինի և իւղ, ձու, ձուկն, պանիր, կոգի, կաղտի, բածին, շճուկ, կաթն, խեր, և ձկանմորէ, զայս բնաւ ամենևին չէ օրէն և ոչ վայել է ճաշակել ամենայն ումեք, մեծի և փոքու, արդարոյ և մեղաւորի։

     Ayl gini ew iwł, ju, jukn, panir, kogi, kałti, bacin, ščuk, katʿn, xer, ew jkanmorē, zays bnaw amenewin čʿē ōrēn ew očʿ vayel ē čašakel amenayn umekʿ, meci ew pʿokʿu, ardaroy ew meławori.

• Armenian: շիճուկ (šičuk)

• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “շիճ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “շիճ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy