"хохма" meaning in Russian

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Noun

IPA: [ˈxoxmə]
Etymology: Borrowed from Yiddish חכמה (khokhme, “wit”), from Hebrew חוכמה (khokhmá, “wisdom”). A well-known folk etymology relates the noun to хохотать (xoxotatʹ, “to laugh”). Seems to originate from Odessan dialect, and from there spread around during the 20th century. Etymology templates: {{bor+|ru|yi|חכמה||wit|tr=khokhme}} Borrowed from Yiddish חכמה (khokhme, “wit”), {{der|ru|he|חוכמה||wisdom|tr=khokhmá}} Hebrew חוכמה (khokhmá, “wisdom”) Head templates: {{ru-noun+|хо́хма}} хо́хма • (xóxma) f inan (genitive хо́хмы, nominative plural хо́хмы, genitive plural хохм) Forms: хо́хма [canonical], xóxma [romanization], хо́хмы [genitive], хо́хмы [nominative, plural], хохм [genitive, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], хо́хма [nominative, singular], хо́хмы [nominative, plural], хо́хмы [genitive, singular], хо́хм [genitive, plural], хо́хме [dative, singular], хо́хмам [dative, plural], хо́хму [accusative, singular], хо́хмы [accusative, plural], хо́хмой [instrumental, singular], хо́хмою [instrumental, singular], хо́хмами [instrumental, plural], хо́хме [prepositional, singular], хо́хмах [plural, prepositional]
  1. (colloquial) joke, anecdote (funny or amusing story) Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-хохма-ru-noun-L0NuJxWG Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Russian entries with incorrect language header, Russian links with redundant wikilinks, Russian nouns with accent pattern a Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 53 47 Disambiguation of Russian entries with incorrect language header: 62 38 Disambiguation of Russian links with redundant wikilinks: 68 32 Disambiguation of Russian nouns with accent pattern a: 45 55
  2. (colloquial) joke (something said or done for amusement and not in seriousness) Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-хохма-ru-noun-oJX6dAky Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Russian nouns with accent pattern a Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 53 47 Disambiguation of Russian nouns with accent pattern a: 45 55
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: хохмач (xoxmač), хохмить (xoxmitʹ), схохмить (sxoxmitʹ)
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          "ref": "1901 March 27, Korney Chukovsky, Diary notes:",
          "roman": "Čital včerašnjuju gazetu. Xoxotal kak bezumnyj. Pod nekotorymi soobščenijami tak i xočetsja videtʹ podpisʹ: Ščedrin. Vot, naprimer, pisʹmo mitropolita Antonija k grafine Tolstoj. Nu čem ne ščedrinskaja xoxma: «Jestʹ slava čelovečeskaja i jestʹ slava Božʹja»",
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          "ref": "1941 August 29, Sergey Bondarin, Diary notes:",
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          "text": "К моему удивлению, и у меня взяли кое-что «смешное», и так странно было слышать эту передачу из Москвы, эти слова и хохмы, придуманные здесь, в нашей маленькой редакции.",
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          "ref": "1967, Boris Bondarenko, Цена первой ошибки [The cost of the first mistake], page 71:",
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      "ipa": "[ˈxoxmə]"
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          "english": "I read yesterday's newspaper. Laughed like crazy. Under some messages you just wish to see the signature: Shchedrin. For example, the letter by Metropolitan Anthony to Countess Tolstoy. How is it not an anecdote by Shchedrin: “There is the glory of man and there is the glory of God.”",
          "ref": "1901 March 27, Korney Chukovsky, Diary notes:",
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          "text": "Читал вчерашнюю газету. Хохотал как безумный. Под некоторыми сообщениями так и хочется видеть подпись: Щедрин. Вот, например, письмо митрополита Антония к графине Толстой. Ну чем не щедринская хохма: «Есть слава человеческая и есть слава Божья»",
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          "english": "To my surprise, they took something “funny” from me, too, and it was so strange to hear this broadcast from Moscow, these words and anecdotes invented here in our small editorial office.",
          "ref": "1941 August 29, Sergey Bondarin, Diary notes:",
          "roman": "K mojemu udivleniju, i u menja vzjali koje-što «smešnoje», i tak stranno bylo slyšatʹ etu peredaču iz Moskvy, eti slova i xoxmy, pridumannyje zdesʹ, v našej malenʹkoj redakcii.",
          "text": "К моему удивлению, и у меня взяли кое-что «смешное», и так странно было слышать эту передачу из Москвы, эти слова и хохмы, придуманные здесь, в нашей маленькой редакции.",
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          "roman": "Vot xoxma — ne rabotajut!",
          "text": "Вот хохма — не работают!",
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          "joke"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) joke (something said or done for amusement and not in seriousness)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈxoxmə]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "хохма"
}

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