Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian եղն (ełn).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

եղն (eġn)

  1. (rare) Synonym of եղնիկ (eġnik)

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁él-h₁ēn, from *h₁el- (red deer, elk).

Noun edit

եղն (ełn)

  1. female deer, hind

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: եղնիկ (eġnik)

References edit

  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “եղն”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “եղն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 253