ճոն

From Middle Armenian ճոն (čon), according to Ačaṙyan borrowed from Georgian ჭონი (č̣oni, “hatter; tailor”).

• (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃon]
• (Western Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒon]

ճոն • (čon)

1. (dialectal, Tbilisi, Ararat, Lori, Ghazakh) a craftsman making hats and coats from leather and fur; hatter; tailor
   • 1886, Hovhannes Tumanyan, Šunn u katun [The Dog and the Cat] :

     Ժամանակով Կատուն ճոն էր,
     Շունն էլ գըլխին գըդակ չուներ […]

     Žamanakov Katun čon ēr,
     Šunn ēl gəlxin gədak čʻuner […]

     Once there was a hatter-Cat
     And the Dog's head had no hat […]

2. (dialectal, Sivas) fur coat

• ճոնխանա (čonxana)

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1913) “ճոն”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 729b
• Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2004), “ճոն”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume III, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 410a
• Amatuni, Sahak (1912) “ճոն”, in Hayocʻ baṙ u ban [Armenian Words and Idioms] (in Armenian), Vagharshapat: Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, page 444a
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “ճոն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 212a
• Ġazaryan, Ṙ. S., Avetisyan, H. M. (2009) “ճոն²”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 477