ծիծաղ

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian ծիծաղ (cicał).

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Noun

ծիծաղ • (cicaġ)

1. laugh, laughter

   ծիծաղի պոռթկում ― cicaġi poṙtʻkum ― outburst/roar of laughter

Declension

Derived terms

• ծիծաղել (cicaġel)

References

• 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

Old Armenian

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ǵ(e)y-ǵl̥H-, reduplication of the root, which yielded ծաղր (całr). Alternatively, an onomatopoeic word.

Noun

ծիծաղ • (cicał)

1. laugh, laughter

   ծիծաղ բարձրաձայն ― cicał barjrajayn ― burst of laughter

2. derision, sneering

Usage notes

The word is not attested in classical Old Armenian, however it certainly existed back then as shown by its attested derivatives and the modern Armenian descendant.

Derived terms

Descendants

• Armenian: ծիծաղ (cicaġ)

References

• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ծիծաղ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ծիծաղ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ծիծաղ”, 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, pages 340, 494