Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Armenian հուն (hun), from Old Armenian հուն (hun), from Proto-Indo-European *pónteh₁s.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

հուն (hun)

  1. ford, shallow
    Հունը չգիտցած գետը մտնել։Hunə čʿgitcʿac getə mtnel.To enter the river not knowing the ford.
  2. riverbed
  3. dried riverbed
  4. bottom of the sea, lake or river
  5. way, direction, course
    հունի մեջ դնելhuni meǰ dnelto put into the right order or course, to give an adequate course or direction
    հունի մեջ ընկնելhuni meǰ ənknelto fall onto the right direction, to begin with an ordered work
    հունից հանելhunicʿ hanelto take out of the right order
  6. (dialectal) top
    հուն ելնելhun elnelto vanquish, to surmount (literally, to come up to the top)

Declension edit

References edit

  • հուն”, in Žamanakakicʿ hayocʿ lezvi bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, 1969–1980
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 424

Middle Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian հուն (hun), from Proto-Indo-European *pónteh₁s.

Noun edit

հուն (hun)

  1. way, direction, course
    ի հուն ելնելi hun elnelto come to one's senses, to come to reason
    ի հուն հանելi hun hanelto bring to reason, to bring to senses
  2. limit, border, end
  3. top
    ի հուն ելանելi hun elanelto cope with, succeed in, to come up to the top, to a successful accomplishment
    ի հուն հանելi hun hanelto cause to succeed

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: հուն (hun)

References edit

  • Ġazaryan, Ṙ. S., Avetisyan, H. M. (2009) “ի հուն ելնել”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979) “հուն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʿean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “հուն”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *pónteh₁s. See also Georgian ფონი (poni).

Noun edit

հուն (hun)

  1. ford, shallow
  2. (as an adjective) shallow
  3. passage, way
  4. opening, gap

Usage notes edit

In the compound անհուն (anhun) the word also means ‘bottom, base’. For the sense development compare Latin vadum (shallow, ford; bottom of the sea).

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

References edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977) “հուն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, pages 122–123
  • Awetikʿean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “հուն”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, pages 468–469
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 422
  • Meillet, Antoine (1892) “Notes de phonétique”, in Mémoires de la Société de Linguistique de Paris (in French), volume 7, page 161 of 161–167
  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879) “հուն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy