յուղ վառել

Armenian

Etymology

Literally, "to burn oil".

Pronunciation

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /juʁ vɑˈrel/, [juʁ vɑrél]
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /juʁ vɑˈrel/, [juʁ vɑrél]

Verb

յուղ վառել • (yuġ vaṙel)

1. (idiomatic, slang) to engage in empty talk, to beat around the bush

   Synonym: ջուր ծեծել (ǰur cecel)

Further reading

• Bediryan, Petros (2011) “յուղ վառել”, in Hayeren darjvackʻneri əndarjak bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Comprehensive explanatory dictionary of Armenian idioms] (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press