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Armenian
Etymology
Deverbal from ջարդել (ǰardel).
Pronunciation
Noun
ջարդ • (ǰard)
- massacre, carnage, slaughter; pogrom
- mass repression by a government (i.e., imprisonment, exile, executions)
- (figuratively) a devastating blow, a crushing defeat (inflicted upon an opponent)
- (figuratively) a scathing criticism
- (colloquial) a beating
- scrap metal, shards of glass, or broken pieces of other hard materials
- Synonyms: ջարդոն (ǰardon), կտորտանք (ktortankʻ)
- Various idiomatic usages:
- ջարդ տալ ― ǰard tal ― to massacre; to defeat; to beat severely
- ջարդ ուտել ― ǰard utel ― to suffer a heavy defeat; to be massacred; to be severely beaten
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Georgian: ჯართი (ǯarti)
References
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1913) “ջարդ”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 936a
- Aġayan, Ēduard (1976) “ջարդ”, in Ardi hayereni bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan
- Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1945) “ջարդ”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume IV, Yerevan: State Publishing House, page 136b
- Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2008), “ջարդ”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume V, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 165b