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Armenian
Etymology
From Old Armenian ձաղ (jał).
Pronunciation
Noun
ձաղ • (jaġ)
- (archaic) derision, mockery
Declension
References
- Barseġyan, Hovhannes (1973) “ձաղ”, in Hayeren uġġagrakan-uġġaxosakan, terminabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Orthographic–Orthoepic Terminological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Luys
Old Armenian
Etymology
Perhaps of Proto-Indo-European origin and cognate with Ancient Greek χλεύη (khleúē), Proto-Germanic *glaumaz, Russian глум (glum).
Noun
ձաղ • (jał)
- derision, mockery
- ձաղ առնել ― jał aṙnel ― to taunt, to rally, to scoff, jeer or laugh at, to mock, to make game or sport of, to turn into ridicule, to make laughing-stock of
- ձաղ լինել ― jał linel ― to make a fool of oneself, to expose oneself to the laughter of everybody, to be laughed at, to be the laughing-stock of
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ձաղ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ձաղ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ձաղ”, 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 428