ծիծաղ

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian ծիծաղ (cicał).

Pronunciation

  • (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [t͡siˈt͡sɑʁ]
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Noun

ծիծաղ (cicał)

  1. laugh, laughter
    ծիծաղի պոռթկումcicałi poṙtʿkumoutburst/roar of laughter

Declension

Derived terms

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), ծաղր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, 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 (cicałakanutʿiwn)
  • ծիծաղանք (cicałankʿ)
  • ծիծաղապէս (cicałapēs)
  • ծիծաղելի (cicałeli)
  • ծիծաղեցուցանեմ (cicałecʿucʿanem)
  • ծիծաղիմ (cicałim)
  • ծիծաղծաւալ (cicałcawal)
  • ծիծաղկոտ (cicałkot)

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), ծիծաղ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), ծիծաղ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), ծիծաղ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, 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, Boston: Brill, page 340, 494
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