قلقلک

قلقلک

Persian

Alternative forms

• غلغلک‎ (ğelğelak)

Etymology

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

Noun

قلقلک • (qelqelak)

1. tickle

Synonyms

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