ծաղր

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Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian ծաղր (całr).

Pronunciation

Noun

ծաղր (caġr)

  1. mockery, sneer, gibe, scoff

Declension

i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)
singular plural
nominative ծաղր (caġr) ծաղրեր (caġrer)
dative ծաղրի (caġri) ծաղրերի (caġreri)
ablative ծաղրից (caġricʻ) ծաղրերից (caġrericʻ)
instrumental ծաղրով (caġrov) ծաղրերով (caġrerov)
locative ծաղրում (caġrum) ծաղրերում (caġrerum)
definite forms
nominative ծաղրը/ծաղրն (caġrə/caġrn) ծաղրերը/ծաղրերն (caġrerə/caġrern)
dative ծաղրին (caġrin) ծաղրերին (caġrerin)
1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative ծաղրս (caġrs) ծաղրերս (caġrers)
dative ծաղրիս (caġris) ծաղրերիս (caġreris)
ablative ծաղրիցս (caġricʻs) ծաղրերիցս (caġrericʻs)
instrumental ծաղրովս (caġrovs) ծաղրերովս (caġrerovs)
locative ծաղրումս (caġrums) ծաղրերումս (caġrerums)
2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative ծաղրդ (caġrd) ծաղրերդ (caġrerd)
dative ծաղրիդ (caġrid) ծաղրերիդ (caġrerid)
ablative ծաղրիցդ (caġricʻd) ծաղրերիցդ (caġrericʻd)
instrumental ծաղրովդ (caġrovd) ծաղրերովդ (caġrerovd)
locative ծաղրումդ (caġrumd) ծաղրերումդ (caġrerumd)

Old Armenian

Etymology

Grown from *ծաղ- (*cał-), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵl̥h₂-, *ǵelh₂-, whence also ծիծաղ (cicał). Cognate with Ancient Greek γελάω (geláō, to laugh), γέλως (gélōs, laughter), γαλήνη (galḗnē, calm at sea), γαληνός (galēnós, calm).

Noun

ծաղր (całr)

  1. laugh, laughter, laughing
    զծաղու գալ, ի ծաղր հատանիլzcału gal, i całr hatanilto laugh, to burst out laughing, to suffocate with laughter
  2. derision, mockery, raillery, banter; sneer
    ծաղր առնել, դնել, հեղուլcałr aṙnel, dnel, hełulto laugh; to joke, to jest; to laugh at, to scorn, to deride, to make sport of, to ridicule
    ծաղր լինել, կալ, մնալcałr linel, kal, mnalto be laughed at, derided, ridiculed, made a jest of, to make oneself the laughing-stock of
    ծաղր առնել զոք յայտ յանդիմանcałr aṙnel zokʻ yayt yandimanto scorn, to deride one to his face
  3. something worth mocking

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: ծաղր (caġr)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ծաղր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ծաղր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • 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
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 337