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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Indo-European *ōlen-, from *Heh₃l-.

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ուլն (uln)

  1. neck
    զուլամբ երթալzulamb ertʻalto fall headlong, head-foremost, to tumble, to fall to be plunged in sensuality; to be sunk in debauchery, to wallow in voluptuousness
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  • Armenian: ուլ (ul)

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  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ուլն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ուլն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ուլն”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy

Etymology 2

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The origin is uncertain.

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Noun

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ուլն (uln)

  1. one pearl or piece of ring-shaped glass used in an ornament; bead
  2. knucklebone used by children in the game of jacks
  3. (in the plural) cervical vertebrae
  4. (in the plural) pearl necklace
  5. (in the plural) Venetian pearls, beads, glass beads, bugle
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References

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  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ուլն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ուլն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ուլն”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy