Meaning of ականջ | Babel Free
ɑˈkɑnd͡ʒDefinitions
- ear
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hearing, ability to hear figuratively
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spy, informant figuratively
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anything that is ear-shaped or resembles an ear figuratively
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shoehorn figuratively
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eye (of a needle) dialectal
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leather bearing (on a spinning wheel) dialectal
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type of pastry shaped like an ear dialectal
Examples
“ականջ անել / ականջ դնել”
1) listen; 2) to consider, to pay attention to; 3) to eavesdrop, to listen in
“ականջ կախել”
to listen, to agree
“ականջ(ը) տալ”
1) to do as someone says; 2) to listen
“ականջը արնոտել՝ կտրել”
1) used when a man or woman gets engaged; 2) to sacrifice an animal
“ականջը բամբակ՝ բուրդ կոխել”
to ignore, to turn a deaf ear
“ականջը գցել”
to reach someone's ears, to inform someone
“ականջը դռանը / ականջը դռանը լինել”
to have one's ear to the ground, to await something
“ականջը թեթև”
to do as one's told, to quickly obey
“ականջը լցնել”
to turn someone against someone else by repeatedly saying negative things about that person
“ականջը ծակ”
unyielding, intractable
“ականջը ծակել”
1) to pierce the earlobe; 2) to hurt the ears (e.g., with a piercing shriek)
“ականջը ծանր”
hard of hearing, partially deaf
“ականջը ծանրանալ”
to have a trouble hearing, to become somewhat hard of hearing
“ականջը կախ”
1) eavesdropping, following secret conversations; 2) minding one's own business, not getting involved in other people's business
“ականջը կանչել (խոսել)”
to hear a voice in one's head, which is seen as a sign that someone is talking about one
“ականջը կանչի՝ խոսի”
to let someone know that they are being talked about (especially when an absent person is talked about)
“ականջը ձայնի՝ ձենի (լինել)”
to be waiting for news, to have one's ear to the ground
“ականջը մտնել”
to understand, to get
“ականջը ոլորել / ականջը քաշել”
1) to twist someone's ear (causing pain); 2) to advise, to warn, to scold
“ականջը սղոցել՝ խարտոցել”
1) to annoy by repeatedly saying the same things over and over again; 2) (music) to unnerve with cacophony
“ականջը սրել՝ լարել”
to prick up one's ears, to concentrate in order to hear well
“ականջը տանել”
to talk someone's ear off, to talk excessively
“ականջը ցցել”
see ականջը սրել
“ականջի՝ ականջից բուրդը (բամբակը) հանել”
to listen carefully, to be all ears
“ականջի ետև գցել”
to ignore
“ականջի ետևը տեսնել”
to see that someone cannot achieve what they set out to do, that they are bound to fail
“ականջին ասել”
to whisper secretly in someone's ear
“ականջին դիպչել՝ հասնել”
to listen, to not know something fully or with certainty
“ականջին զարկել”
to reach one's ear, to remember, to not forget
“ականջին ընկնել”
see ականջն ընկնել
“ականջին հասցնել”
1) to box someone's ear; 2) to announce news, to bring news
“ականջին օղ անել”
to keep in one's mind as a piece of advice, to always remember something as a piece of advice
“ականջն ընկնել / ականջովն ընկնել”
to hear, to listen
“ականջները խլշել”
to prick up one's ear, to listen carefully
“ականջները խցել”
to be indifferent, to not want to hear
“ականջները չորս անել”
to be all ears, to listen very attentively
“ականջում հալել”
to explain the details, to explain very well
“իշի (ուղտի) ականջում քնել”
to be unaware or ignorant of the reality
“մեծ կտորը ականջը թողնել՝ մնալ”
used as an expression of threat
“մի ականջից մտնել, մյուսից դուրս գալ”
1) in one ear and out the other; 2) to ignore or not value what was said
CEFR level
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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