Old Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From երեկ (erek). There are different theories on the origin of -ուն (-un).

Noun edit

երեկուն (erekun)

  1. evening

Adverb edit

երեկուն (erekun)

  1. in the evening

Adjective edit

երեկուն (erekun)

  1. of the evening

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: իրիկուն (irikun)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “երեկուն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “երեկուն”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 261