Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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The spelling բույն (buyn) is literary and is a learned borrowing from Old Armenian բոյն (boyn). The dialectal forms are inherited from it.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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բույն (buyn)

  1. nest of a bird
  2. den, lair, kennel, burrow, hole of other animals
  3. (figuratively) a wretched hovel

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References

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  1. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “բոյն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 469a