قهقهه

See also: قهقهة

Ottoman Turkish

قهقهه

Alternative forms

• قهقها (kahkaha) (sense 2)
• գահգահա (kahkaha) — Armeno-Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَهْقَهَة (qahqaha).

Noun

قهقهه • (kahkaha) (definite accusative قهقهه‌یی (kahkahayı), plural قهقهه‌لر (kahkahalar))

1. guffaw, belly laugh, cackle, cachinnation, any loud, convulsive, or boisterous laughter
2. morning glory, bindweed, any of several climbing plants of the family Convolvulaceae

Derived terms

• قهقهه كولمك (kahkaha gülmek, “to burst out into a guffaw”)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: kahkaha

Further reading

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• Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1886) “قهقها”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume II, Paris: E. Leroux, page 586
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “kahkaha²”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2336a
• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “kahkaha”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 578a
• Karapetean, Petros Zēkʻi (1912) “قهقهه”, in Mec baṙaran ōsmanerēnē hayerēn [Great Ottoman–Armenian Dictionary], Constantinople: Aršak Karōean, page 646a
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “قهقهه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 995a
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kahkaha”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Pōzačean, Yakovbos (1841) “գահգահա”, in Hamaṙōt baṙaran i tačkakanē i hay [Concise Ottoman–Armenian Dictionary]‎^[3], Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, page 57a
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قهقهه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[4], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1502b
• Şemseddin Sâmi (1899–1901) “قهقهه”, in قاموس تركی [kamus-ı türki] (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası, page 1121b