գուն

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Armenian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

գուն (gun)

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

Usage notes

Used only in idioms.

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

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

գուն (gun) indeclinable

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

Usage notes

Used only in idioms.

Descendants

  • Armenian: գուն (gun)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “գուն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “գուն”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (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