Armenian

Noun

ծաղր • ‎(całr)

1. mockery, sneer, gibe, scoff

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Old Armenian

Etymology

Grown from *ծաղ- ‎(*cał-), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵélh₂-, *ǵlh₂-, 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)

1. laugh, laughter, laughing

   զծաղու գալ, ի ծաղր հատանիլ‎ ― zcału gal, i całr hatanil ― to laugh, to burst out laughing, to suffocate with laughter

2. 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 zokʿ yayt yandiman ― to scorn, to deride one to his face

3. something worth mocking

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Derived terms

Descendants

• Armenian: ծաղր ‎(całr)

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “ծաղր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “ծաղր”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “ծաղր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 337