ծանծաղ

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian ծանծաղ (cancał).

Pronunciation

Adjective

ծանծաղ • (cancał) (superlative ամենածանծաղ)

  1. shallow, not deep
    Antonym: խոր (xor)
  2. (figuratively) shallow

Declension

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • ձանծաղ (jancał), ծանծախ (cancax)

Etymology

Reduplication of *ծան (*can) or *ծաղ (*cał), of unknown origin.[1][2] The formation is often compared to դանդաղ (dandał).

Adjective

ծանծաղ • (cancał)

  1. shallow
  2. (figuratively) shallow
  3. slow
    Synonym: դանդաղ (dandał)

Declension

Noun

ծանծաղ • (cancał)

  1. shallow
    ի ծանծաղ ելանել ― i cancał elanel ― to be disembarrassed, to get rid of, to extricate oneself from, to escape from danger
    ի ծանծաղ հանել ― i cancał hanel ― to liberate, to disembarrass, to relieve

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ↑ Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973), “ծանծաղ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume II, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, pages 444–445
  2. ↑ J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), “ծանծաղ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik

Further reading

  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “ծանծաղ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awgerean, Mkrtičʿ (1865), “ծանծաղ”, in Aṙjeṙn baṙaran haykaznean lezui [Pocket Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), corrected and expanded by Grigor Čēlalean, 2nd edition, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “ծանծաղ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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