قهقهه

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See also: قهقهة

Ottoman Turkish

قهقهه

Alternative forms

قهقها (kahkaha) (sense 2)
գահգահա (kahkaha) — Armeno-Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَهْقَهَة (qahqaha).

Noun

قهقهه • (kahkaha) (definite accusative قهقهه‌یی (kahkahayı), plural قهقهه‌لر (kahkahalar))

guffaw, belly laugh, cackle, cachinnation, any loud, convulsive, or boisterous laughter
morning glory, bindweed, any of several climbing plants of the family Convolvulaceae

Derived terms

قهقهه كولمك (kahkaha gülmek, “to burst out into a guffaw”)

Descendants

Turkish: kahkaha

Further reading

Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1886) “قهقها”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume II, Paris: E. Leroux, page 586
Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “kahkaha²”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2336a
Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “kahkaha”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎ (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 578a
Karapetean, Petros Zēkʻi (1912) “قهقهه”, in Mec baṙaran ōsmanerēnē hayerēn [Great Ottoman–Armenian Dictionary], Constantinople: Aršak Karōean, page 646a
Kélékian, Diran (1911) “قهقهه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 995a
Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kahkaha”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Pōzačean, Yakovbos (1841) “գահգահա”, in Hamaṙōt baṙaran i tačkakanē i hay [Concise Ottoman–Armenian Dictionary]‎, Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, page 57a
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قهقهه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1502b
Şemseddin Sâmi (1899–1901) “قهقهه”, in قاموس تركی (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası, page 1121b

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