(a) To chatter, talk idly, gossip; ppl. jangling, chattering, talkative; (b) to chide, nag, grumble, complain; ~ ayen(es, complain about (sb. or sth.), grumble against, object to, wrangle with; ppl. jangling, quarrelsome, argumentative, nagging; (c) to debate, dispute, argue, raise an objection; ~ to, dispute with (sb.); also, argue with (sb.), contradict; (d) to discuss, talk; ~ ayen, speak in reply; ~ of, discuss (sth.); (e) to utter (sth.), say; (f) ~ with, to think about (sth.).

(a) Of a bird: to chatter, twitter; ~ as a jai; ppl. jangling, chattering, twittering; (b) error for gagelen; (c) of a hound: to give tongue on a false scent, babble; (d) to jabber, talk indistinctly; (e) to make a noise, make an outcry.