Armenian edit

 
շուն

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Armenian շուն (šun).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

շուն (šun)

  1. dog

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ (dog).

Noun edit

շուն (šun)

  1. dog
    Synonym: սկունդ (skund)
  2. (figuratively) adulterer or adulteress
  3. (astronomy) Canis Major

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: շուն (šun)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “շուն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “շուն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press