ծիծաղ

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Armenian ծիծաղ (cicał).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ծիծաղ (cicaġ)

  1. laugh, laughter
    ծիծաղի պոռթկումcicaġi poṙtʻkumoutburst/roar of laughter

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ծաղր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press

Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ǵ(e)y-ǵl̥H-, reduplication of the root, which yielded ծաղր (całr). Alternatively, an onomatopoeic word.

Noun[edit]

ծիծաղ (cicał)

  1. laugh, laughter
    ծիծաղ բարձրաձայնcicał barjrajaynburst of laughter
  2. derision, sneering

Usage notes[edit]

The word is not attested in classical Old Armenian, however it certainly existed back then as shown by its attested derivatives and the modern Armenian descendant.

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: ծիծաղ (cicaġ)

References[edit]

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ծիծաղ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ծիծաղ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ծիծաղ”, 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) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, pages 340, 494