գուն

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Armenian գուն (gun); see it for more.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

գուն (gun)

  1. effort
    գուն գործել, գուն դնելgun gorcel, gun dnelto make an effort

Usage notes[edit]

Used only in idioms.

Declension[edit]

Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (to win, usurp). Cognates include Sanskrit वनोति (vanóti, to win, usurp), Middle Persian wʾnytn' (wānīdan, to conquer, usurp, destroy), whence վանեմ (vanem).

Noun[edit]

գուն (gun) indeclinable

  1. effort
    գուն գործել, գուն դնելgun gorcel, gun dnelto make an effort

Usage notes[edit]

Used only in idioms.

Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: գուն (gun)

References[edit]

  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879), “գուն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “գուն”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “գուն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 229