ծիծաղ

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian ծիծաղ (cicał).

Pronunciation

Noun

ծիծաղ • (cicaġ)

  1. laugh, laughter
    ծիծաղի պոռթկումcicaġi poṙtʻkumoutburst/roar of laughter

Declension

Derived terms

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 բարձրաձայնcicał barjrajaynburst 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

  • բազմածիծաղելի (bazmacicałeli)
  • գեղածիծաղ (gełacicał)
  • ծիծաղագոյն (cicałagoyn)
  • ծիծաղախիտ (cicałaxit)
  • ծիծաղական (cicałakan)
  • ծիծաղականութիւն (cicałakanutʻiwn)
  • ծիծաղանք (cicałankʻ)
  • ծիծաղապէս (cicałapēs)
  • ծիծաղելի (cicałeli)
  • ծիծաղեցուցանեմ (cicałecʻucʻanem)
  • ծիծաղիմ (cicałim)
  • ծիծաղծաւալ (cicałcawal)
  • ծիծաղկոտ (cicałkot)

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
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.