բաջաղիմ

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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Of onomatopoeic origin. Alternatively, from the hypothetical root *բա(ղ)ջ- (*ba(ł)ǰ-) and related to բարբաջ (barbaǰ).

Verb

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բաջաղիմ (baǰałim)  (aorist indicative բաջաղեցայ)

  1. to tell fables, to talk nonsense, to talk idly, to chatter, to jabber

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: բաջաղել (baǰaġel)

References

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  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “բաջաղեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “բաջաղիմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “baǰaɫ-im”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 167
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “բաջաղ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press