ջուր ծեծել

Armenian

Etymology

Literally, "to beat water".

Pronunciation

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒuɾ t͡seˈt͡sel/, [d͡ʒuɾ t͡set͡sél]
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃuɾ d͡zeˈd͡zel/, [t͡ʃʰuɾ d͡zed͡zél]

Verb

ջուր ծեծել • (ǰur cecel)

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

   Synonym: յուղ վառել (yuġ vaṙel)

Further reading

• Bediryan, Petros (2011) “ջուր ծեծել”, in Hayeren darjvackʻneri əndarjak bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Comprehensive explanatory dictionary of Armenian idioms] (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press
• Sukʻiasyan, A. M., Galstyan, S. A. (1975) “ջուր ծեծել”, in Hayocʻ lezvi darjvacabanakan baṙaran [Armenian idiom dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press