The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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גְּחוּךְ גּוּחְכָּא‏ n.m. laughter, joke

laughter, joke CPA, Syr, Man, LJLA. TgProv14:13 : אוף בגוחכא ניכאב ליבא‏ even with laughter may the heart be pained.

cause for laughter, laughingstock Syr, LJLA. PJ Gen38:23 : דילמא נהוי לגחוך‏ lest we become a laughingstock.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: Jastrow: 220; Levy Ch-W: 1:135;

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