խաղ

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Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian խաղ (xał); see below.

Pronunciation

Noun

խաղ (xaġ)

  1. game, play
    համակարգչային խաղhamakargčʻayin xaġcomputer game
    շախմատը խաղ էšaxmatə xaġ ēchess is a game
    Օլիմպիական խաղերŌlimpiakan xaġerOlympic Games
  2. (theater, film) acting, performing
  3. (dialectal) song, tune
  4. dance
  5. prank; joke
  6. modulations of voice during singing

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Old Armenian

Etymology 1

The origin is uncertain.

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “This seems similar in form and meaning to Sanskrit खेल् (khel). Could there be a relation here? Similarities are worth discussing, even if they end up being unrelated.”

Noun

խաղ (xał)

  1. play, game; recreation, pastime, amusement, sport
    սէր խաղուցsēr xałucʻgambling, gaming
    խաղք Ողոմպիայxałkʻ OłompiayOlympic games
    խաղք ըմբշամարտիցxałkʻ əmbšamarticʻwrestling
    գնդակ խաղgndak xałthe game of tennis
    խաղ կճեայ գնդակացxał kčeay gndakacʻgame of marbles
    խաղ նարտիxał nartibackgammon
    խաղ աղիւսակիxał ałiwsakidraughts
    խաղ սատրնջոյxał satrnǰoychess
    խաղ աչկապուկիxał ačʻkapukiblind man's buff
    խաղ թղթոյxał tʻłtʻoycard-playing
    խաղ բախտիxał baxtigame of chance
    խաղ բառիցxał baṙicʻa pun, play upon words
    չլինել կամակ ի խաղčʻlinel kamak i xałto be in no mood for sport, not to be in a sporting mood
    ի խաղ հատանիլ, զակատիլ իխաղսi xał hatanil, zakatil ixałsto abandon one self to amusements
    ի խաղ մտանելi xał mtanelto join a game; to sit down to play
    լինել յաջողակ ի խաղիlinel yaǰołak i xałito have a good game; to have a good-hand (cards), to be a lucky player
    լինել դժբաղդ ի խաղիlinel džbałd i xałito have ill luck at play
    կորուսանել ի խաղիkorusanel i xałito play or to gamble away
    վատնել զամենայն ի խաղիvatnel zamenayn i xałito gamble away one's fortune, to lose one's fortune by gambling
    դադարել ի խաղիdadarel i xałito leave off playing
  2. fun, joke, raillery, pleasantry, mockery; mummery, foolery
    խաղ համարելxał hamarelto take as a joke
    չեն ինչ խաղոյčʻen inčʻ xałoyit is not to be trifled with, it is no joke
    խաղ առնել զոք, ընդ խաղ արկանելxał aṙnel zokʻ, ənd xał arkanelto ridicule, to deride, to mock, to make sport or mockery of, to laugh at a person
    ընդ խաղ առնելənd xał aṙnelto rally, to joke with, to jest with; to turn to ridicule
    ընդ խաղ, ընդ խաղսənd xał, ənd xałsfor fun, in jest, for a joke, jestingly
    ո՛րչափ խաղացի ընդ նոսաórčʻapʻ xałacʻi ənd nosahow many tricks I played on them!
    թո՛յլ տուր անդ զխաղդ, թո՛ղ զխաղդtʻóyl tur and zxałd, tʻół zxałdjoking apart, in good earnest
  3. scene, stage, theatre
  4. (music) a kind of musical note
  5. (dialectal) song
    խաղ կանչելxał kančʻelto sing a song
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  • Armenian: խաղ (xaġ)

Etymology 2

Possibly is the same as the above word, though the stems are different. Compare Sicilian cala.

Noun

խաղ (xał)

  1. marsh, moor; stagnant shallow water
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References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “խաղ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “խաղ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “խաղ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press