ծաղրածու

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian ծաղրածու (całracu).

Pronunciation

Noun

ծաղրածու • (caġracu)

  1. clown; mime, buffoon
    Synonyms: խեղկատակ (xeġkatak), կլոուն (kloun)
  2. (dialectal) mystery, riddle

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

From ծաղր (całr) + ածեմ (acem) + -ու (-u).

Noun

ծաղրածու • (całracu)

  1. mime, buffoon

Declension

Adjective

ծաղրածու • (całracu)

  1. mocking; facetious
    ծաղրածու բանքcałracu bankʻmocking words

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: ծաղրածու (caġracu)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ծաղրածու”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ծաղրածու”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 338
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