ջանդամ

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Armenian[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Ultimately from Arabic جَهَنَّم (jahannam, hell).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ջանդամ (ǰandam) (dialectal, colloquial)

  1. hell
    Synonym: դժոխք (džoxkʻ)

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Interjection[edit]

ջանդամ (ǰandam)

  1. angry exclamation of displeasure, disregard or indifference, to hell with
    ջանդամ(ը) թեǰandam(ə) tʻehell if I care
    ջանդամ լինել / ճեհեննեմ ըլլալǰandam linel / čehennem əllal(derogatory) to get lost, to go to hell

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Further reading[edit]

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1902) “ճէհէլլէմ”, in Tʻurkʻerēni azdecʻutʻiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʻurkʻerēnē pʻoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žoġovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʻeamb Vani, Ġarabaġi ew Nor-Naxiǰewani barbaṙnerun (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 3) (in Armenian), Moscow and Vagharshapat: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 218
  • Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2001–2012), “ջհաննամ(ը)”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan