hahotázik

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Hungarian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

First attested in 1585. From hahota +‎ -zik, back-formed from obsolete hahotál, from a Slavic onomatopoeic (sound-imitative) origin (compare Proto-Slavic *xoxotati and its descendants).[1][2]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈhɒɦotaːzik]
  • Hyphenation: ha‧ho‧tá‧zik
  • Rhymes: -aːzik
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Verb[edit]

hahotázik

  1. (intransitive) to laugh heartily, to laugh out loud, to laugh loudly, to guffaw
    Synonyms: kacag, kacarászik, nevet, nevetgél

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References[edit]

  1. ^ hahotázik in Gerstner, Károly (ed.). Új magyar etimológiai szótár. (’New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian’). Beta version. Budapest, MTA Nyelvtudományi Intézet / Magyar Nyelvtudományi Kutatóközpont, 2011–2022. (Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary). Language abbreviations
  2. ^ hahota in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, page 260, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

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