cụ Khốt

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

• lão Khốt, ông Khốt, bà Khốt, cụ khốt, lão khốt, ông khốt, bà khốt.

Etymology

From cụ (“great grandparent, elderly person”) +‎ Khốt, the latter clipped from Khốt-ta-bít, which in turn transliterates Russian Хоттабыч (Xottabyč), the eponymous character from Lazar Lagin's novel Старик Хоттабыч (Starik Xottabyč) "Old Man Khottabych" [1938].

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ku˧˨ʔ xot̚˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kʊw˨˩ʔ kʰok̚˦˧˥] ~ [kʊw˨˩ʔ xok̚˦˧˥]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [kʊw˨˩˨ kʰok̚˦˥] ~ [kʊw˨˩˨ xok̚˦˥]

Noun

cụ Khốt

1. (slang) old-fashioned, traditionalist, conservative, reactionary person