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Armenian
Etymology
From Old Armenian ծաղր (całr).
Pronunciation
Noun
ծաղր • (caġr)
- mockery, sneer, gibe, scoff
Declension
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)
- laugh, laughter, laughing
- զծաղու գալ, ի ծաղր հատանիլ ― zcału gal, i całr hatanil ― to laugh, to burst out laughing, to suffocate with laughter
- derision, mockery, raillery, banter; sneer
- ծաղր առնել, դնել, հեղուլ ― całr aṙnel, dnel, hełul ― to laugh; to joke, to jest; to laugh at, to scorn, to deride, to make sport of, to ridicule
- ծաղր լինել, կալ, մնալ ― całr linel, kal, mnal ― to be laughed at, derided, ridiculed, made a jest of, to make oneself the laughing-stock of
- ծաղր առնել զոք յայտ յանդիման ― całr aṙnel zokʻ yayt yandiman ― to scorn, to deride one to his face
- something worth mocking
Declension
r-u-type
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singular (uncountable)
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| nominative
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ծաղր (całr)
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| genitive
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ծաղու (cału)
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| dative
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ծաղու (cału)
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| accusative
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ծաղր (całr)
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| ablative
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ծաղուէ (całuē)
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| instrumental
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ծաղու (cału)
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| locative
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ծաղու (cału)
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r/ł-type
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singular (uncountable)
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| nominative
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ծաղր (całr)
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| genitive
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ծաղեր (całer)
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| dative
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ծաղեր (całer)
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| accusative
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ծաղր (całr)
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| ablative
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ծաղերէ (całerē)
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| instrumental
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ծաղերբ (całerb)
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| locative
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ծաղեր (całer)
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| post-classical
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u-type
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singular (uncountable)
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| nominative
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ծաղր (całr)
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| genitive
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ծաղրու (całru)
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| dative
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ծաղրու (całru)
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| accusative
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ծաղր (całr)
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| ablative
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ծաղրէ (całrē)
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| instrumental
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ծաղրու (całru)
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| locative
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ծաղրու (całru)
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| post-classical
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Derived terms
Descendants
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