قلقلک

Persian

Alternative forms

غلغلک (ğelğelak)

Etymology

Cognate with Natanzi (qelqelak), (qelqeli). Possibly related غلغلیچ (ğelğelič).

Noun

قلقلک • (qelqelak)

tickle

Synonyms

پاخلوچه (pâxluča) (in Herat)
پخپخی (paxpaxi) (in Neyshabur)
قتقتک (qiqitak) (some parts of Afghanistan)
خیدیگ (xidig) (in Qazvin)
چقون چقونک (čaqun čaqunak), (čeqčeqa) (in Shushtar)

Derived terms

قلقلکی (qelqelaki, “ticklish”)
قلقلک دادن (qelqelak dâdan)

References

Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “قلقلک”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press

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