ծանծաղ

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian ծանծաղ (cancał).

Pronunciation

Adjective

ծանծաղ • (cancaġ) (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 ելանելi cancał elanelto be disembarrassed, to get rid of, to extricate oneself from, to escape from danger
    ի ծանծաղ հանելi cancał hanelto liberate, to disembarrass, to relieve

Declension

Derived terms

  • ծանծաղագոյն (cancałagoyn)
  • ծանծաղամիտ (cancałamit)
  • ծանծաղապէս (cancałapēs)
  • ծանծաղուտ (cancałut)

Descendants

  • Armenian: ծանծաղ (cancaġ)
  • Georgian: წანწალა (c̣anc̣ala)

References

  1. Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “ծանծաղ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, 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

  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ծանծաղ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awgerean, Mkrtičʻ, Čēlalean, Grigor (1865) “ծանծաղ”, in Aṙjeṙn baṙaran haykaznean lezui [Pocket Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ծանծաղ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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