ջանդամ

Armenian

Alternative forms

  • ջհանդամ (ǰhandam), ջահանդամ (ǰahandam), ջհաննամ (ǰhannam), ջայնամ (ǰaynam), ջահնամ (ǰahnam)

Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic جَهَنَّم (jahannam, hell).

Pronunciation

Noun

ջանդամ (ǰandam) (dialectal, colloquial)

  1. hell
    Synonym: դժոխք (džoxkʿ)

Declension

Interjection

ջանդամ (ǰandam)

  1. angry exclamation of displeasure, disregard or indifference, to hell with
    ջանդամ(ը) թեǰandam(ə) tʿehell if I care
    ջանդամ լինել / ճեհեննեմ ըլլալǰandam linel / čehennem əllal(derogatory) to get lost, to go to hell

Derived terms

  • ջհանդամվել (ǰhandamvel)

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1902), ճէհէլլէմ”, in Tʿurkʿerēni azdecʿutʿiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʿurkʿerēnē pʿoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žołovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʿeamb Vani, Łarabałi ew Nor-Naxiǰewani barbaṙnerun [The influence of Turkish on Armenian, and the Turkish borrowings in the vernacular Armenian of Constantinople in comparison with the dialects of Van, Karabakh and Nor Nakhichevan] (Ēminean azgagrakan žołovacu; 3) (in Armenian), Moscow and Vagharshapat: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 218
  • Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2001–2012), ջհաննամ(ը)”, in Hayocʿ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan
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