կարկաչել

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Armenian կարկաչել (karkačʻel).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Eastern Armenian) IPA(key): /kɑɾkɑˈt͡ʃʰel/, [kɑɾkɑt͡ʃʰél]
  • (Western Armenian) IPA(key): /ɡɑɾɡɑˈt͡ʃel/, [ɡɑɾɡɑt͡ʃʰél]
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Verb[edit]

կարկաչել (karkačʻel)

  1. to purl, to babble, to sough (of water)
  2. to chirrup, to twitter, to chirp (of birds)
  3. (figuratively) to laugh boisterously, to cackle, to guffaw
  4. (figuratively) to resound, to reverberate
  5. to chatter (of teeth)

Inflection[edit]

References[edit]

  • Aġayan, Ēduard (1976) “կարկաչել”, in Ardi hayereni bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan