աղաղակ

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Armenian աղաղակ (ałałak).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

աղաղակ (aġaġak)

  1. cry, shout; yell, scream
  2. uproar, noise

Declension[edit]

Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *al-al-ag-eh₂- (shouting), from onomatopoeic Proto-Indo-European *al-al- (to shout) and cognate with Ancient Greek ἀλαλαγή (alalagḗ, shouting). Alternatively, formed in Armenian as an onomatopoeic word.

Noun[edit]

աղաղակ (ałałak)

  1. shouting, cry, scream, clamour, uproar, alarm, racket, noise, shout; scolding; voice; exclamation
    աղաղակ հարկանելałałak harkanelto cry, to make a noise, to alarm

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: աղաղակ (aġaġak)

References[edit]

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “աղաղակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “աղաղակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “աղաղակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “aɫaɫak”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 25