Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian ծիծաղ (cicał).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ծիծաղ (cicaġ)

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

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • 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 edit

Etymology edit

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ǵ(e)y-ǵl̥H-, reduplication of the root, which yielded ծաղր (całr). Alternatively, an onomatopoeic word.

Noun edit

ծիծաղ (cicał)

  1. laugh, laughter
    ծիծաղ բարձրաձայնcicał barjrajaynburst of laughter
  2. derision, sneering

Usage notes edit

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 edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: ծիծաղ (cicaġ)

References edit

  • 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