քիչ

From Middle Armenian քիչ (kʻičʻ).

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /kʰit͡ʃʰ/, [kʰit͡ʃʰ]
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /kit͡ʃ/, [kʰit͡ʃʰ]

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քիչ • (kʻičʻ) (superlative ամենաքիչ)

1. few

   շատ քիչ է ― šat kʻičʻ ē ― it is too few

   քիչ մարդ ― kʻičʻ mard ― few people

2. small, little

   մի քիչ ― mi kʻičʻ ― a little

   Ես հայերեն մի քիչ եմ հասկանում։ ― Es hayeren mi kʻičʻ em haskanum. ― I understand a little Armenian.

քիչ • (kʻičʻ)

1. little

   քիչ ուտել ― kʻičʻ utel ― to eat only a little

քիչ • (kʻičʻ)

1. the little

   քչով բավարարվել ― kʻčʻov bavararvel ― to be thankful for small mercies

From Persian کیچ (kič, “small, little”).

քիչ • (kʻičʻ)

1. few

• քչիկ (kʻčʻik)

• Armenian: քիչ (kʻičʻ)

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “քիչ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “քիչ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “քիչ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy