قهقهه

See also: قهقهة

Ottoman Turkish

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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