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Old Armenian
Etymology
According to Martirosyan, probably of the same Proto-Indo-European origin as յ-ոլով (y-olov, “many”).
On the other hand, J̌ahukyan connected with աղաւնի (aławni), deriving both from Proto-Indo-European *aləu- (“white, shiny”) or *aləbʰ-; considered unconvincing by Martirosyan.
Noun
ալաւունք • (alawunkʻ) pl
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Synonyms
References
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ալաւունք”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ալաւունք”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ալաւունք”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1963) “Stugabanutʻyunner [Etymologies]”, in Patma-banasirakan handes [Historical-Philological Journal] (in Armenian), number 4, Yerevan: Academy Press, page 86
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “ալաւունք”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 25a
- Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “alawunkʿ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 12