հէն

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Old Armenian

Etymology

From Middle Iranian. Compare Middle Persian hyn' (hēn).

Noun

հէն (hēn)

  1. robber, brigand; band of robbers, gang of brigands; hostile army
    հէն ծովուhēn covusea-robber, pirate, freebooter, corsair, sea-rover
  2. brigandage, plundering; piracy; attack, incursion
    հինից պարապիլhinicʻ parapilto become a highwayman, to rob, to plunder
    հինի/հինիւ ելանելhini/hiniw elanelto take to the highway, to overrun or scour, to make incursions
  3. noise, commotion
    զի՞նչ քան զայն հէն եւ աղաղակ կայցէzi?nčʻ kʻan zayn hēn ew ałałak kaycʻē(please add an English translation of this usage example)

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: հեն (hen)

References

  • J̌axǰaxean, Manuēl (1837) “հէն”, in Baṙgirkʻ i barbaṙ hay ew italakan [Armenian–Italian Dictionary], volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 876c
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “հէն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 405a
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1837) “հէն”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 96ab
  • Ġazarean, Ṙubēn (2000) “հէն”, in G. B. Tʻosunean, editor, Grabari baṙaran [Dictionary of Old Armenian] (in Armenian), volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 69b
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 180
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “հէն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 91
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period]‎ (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 531
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “հէն”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 460a