լուսն

From Old Armenian լուսն (lusn); see it for more.

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /ˈlusən/,
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /ˈlusən/,
• Hyphenation: լու‧սըն

լուսն • (lusn)

1. cataract

• “լուսն”, in Žamanakakicʻ hayocʻ lezvi bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, 1969–1980

The original meaning must have been “white(ness), white/shining (thing)”, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewk-, whence also լոյս (loys). Compare Ancient Greek λεύκωμα (leúkōma, “white spot in the eye”).

լուսն • (lusn)

1. a white spot on one’s eye

• Armenian: լուսն (lusn)

• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “լուսն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “լուսն”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “լոյս”, 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 320