ջարդ

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Deverbal from ջարդել (ǰardel).

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Noun[edit]

ջարդ (ǰard)

  1. massacre, carnage, slaughter; pogrom
  2. mass repression by a government (i.e., imprisonment, exile, executions)
  3. (figuratively) a devastating blow, a crushing defeat (inflicted upon an opponent)
  4. (figuratively) a scathing criticism
  5. (colloquial) a beating
  6. scrap metal, shards of glass, or broken pieces of other hard materials
    Synonyms: ջարդոն (ǰardon), կտորտանք (ktortankʻ)
  7. Various idiomatic usages:
    ջարդ տալǰard talto massacre; to defeat; to beat severely
    ջարդ ուտելǰard utelto suffer a heavy defeat; to be massacred; to be severely beaten

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Descendants[edit]

  • Georgian: ჯართი (ǯarti)

References[edit]

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1913) “ջարդ”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 936a
  • Aġayan, Ēduard (1976) “ջարդ”, in Ardi hayereni bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan
  • Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1945) “ջարդ”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume IV, Yerevan: State Publishing House, page 136b
  • Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2008), “ջարդ”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume V, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 165b