Armenian

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Etymology

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From Old Armenian ջարդեմ (ǰardem).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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ջարդել (ǰardel)

  1. to break into pieces
  2. to cut up into pieces
  3. to cut, to destroy by cutting (i.e. a forest)
  4. to defeat severely
  5. to massacre
  6. to destroy, to annihilate
  7. to break open (i.e. a door, gates)
  8. to kill by stamping or striking
  9. to break and make unusable (i.e. a machine)
  10. (colloquial) to beat (someone) severely
  11. (figuratively) to excoriate, to criticize severely
  12. (figuratively) to completely refute (someone's arguments)
  13. to speak a language poorly
    հայերեն ջարդելhayeren ǰardelto speak broken Armenian
  14. to make excessive effort to do something
    Քեզ մի՛ ջարդիր, այնքան արագ մի՛ գնա։Kʻez mí ǰardir, aynkʻan arag mí gna.Don't make so much effort, don't go so fast.
  15. to agonize, to suffer, to feel sorrow
    Եղածը եղել է, զուր քեզ մի՛ ջարդիր։Eġacə eġel ē, zur kʻez mí ǰardir.What's done is done, don't agonize in vain.

Inflection

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Derived terms

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References

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  • Aġayan, Ēduard (1976) “ջարդել”, in Ardi hayereni bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan

Old Armenian

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Verb

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ջարդել (ǰardel)

  1. infinitive of ջարդեմ (ǰardem)

Declension

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