чокнутый

Russian

Etymology

From чокнуться (čoknutʹsja) +‎ -ый (-yj), itself from чокаться (čokatʹsja), utimatly of onomatopoeic origin.

Compare typologically English crackpot.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡ɕɵknʊtɨj]

Adjective

чо́кнутый • (čóknutyj)

  1. (colloquial) crazy
  2. (figurative) strange, eccentric

Declension

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “чок”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Šanskij, N. M. (2004), “чокнуться”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa