ձաղ

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Armenian ձաղ (jał).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ձաղ (jaġ)

  1. (archaic) derision, mockery

Declension[edit]

References[edit]

  • Barseġyan, Hovhannes (1973) “ձաղ”, in Hayeren uġġagrakan-uġġaxosakan, terminabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Orthographic–Orthoepic Terminological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Luys

Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Perhaps of Proto-Indo-European origin and cognate with Ancient Greek χλεύη (khleúē), Proto-Germanic *glaumaz, Russian глум (glum).

Noun[edit]

ձաղ (jał)

  1. derision, mockery
    ձաղ առնելjał aṙnelto taunt, to rally, to scoff, jeer or laugh at, to mock, to make game or sport of, to turn into ridicule, to make laughing-stock of
    ձաղ լինելjał linelto make a fool of oneself, to expose oneself to the laughter of every body, to be laughed at, to be the laughing-stock of

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: ձաղ (jaġ)

References[edit]

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ձաղ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ձաղ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ձաղ”, 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, page 428