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The original spelling is յաւն(yawn), of uncertain origin.
Martirosyan proposes derivation from յ-(y-, “in, on, at”) + *աւ-ն-(*aw-n-), from Proto-Indo-European*h₃kʷ-n-, from *h₃ekʷ-(“eye”). For the *-n- he compares Sanskrit अक्षि(ákṣi), genitive singular अक्ष्णाः(akṣ-ṇ-áḥ).
ամբառնալ զյօնս, զյօնս վեր ի վայր տանել ― ambaṙnal zyōns, zyōns ver i vayr tanel ― to raise the brows through superciliousness, to put on an arch look, to look arch
պռստել, ի վեր պրկել զյօնս ― pṙstel, i ver prkel zyōns ― to frown, to knit the brow, to look sour or angry
զյօնսն հանել ― zyōnsn hanel ― to paint the eyebrows
յօնօք ակնարկել ― yōnōkʻ aknarkel ― to wink, to wink at
Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “յօն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “յօն”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “յօն”, 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 (1987) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 261
Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 491