գարուն

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Armenian գարուն (garun).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

գարուն (garun)

  1. (season) spring

Declension[edit]

See also[edit]

Seasons in Armenian · եղանակները (eġanaknerə) (layout · text) · category
գարուն (garun, spring) ամառ (amaṙ, summer) աշուն (ašun, autumn) ձմեռ (jmeṙ, winter)

Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From *գար- (*gar-), from *գեհար (*gehar), from Proto-Indo-European *wésr̥.[1] The ending -ուն (-un) has been explained in different ways.

Noun[edit]

գարուն (garun)

  1. spring (season)

Usage notes[edit]

The word has the following combining forms գարուն- (garun-), գարն- (garn-) and գարնան- (garnan-).

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: գարուն (garun)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ačaṙyan, Hračʿya (1940) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 42–43

Further reading[edit]

  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879), “գարուն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “գարուն”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Mxitʿar Sebastacʿi (1749), “գարուն”, in Baṙgirkʿ Haykazean lezui [Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 173a
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “գարուն”, 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 201