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Old Armenian
Etymology
Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *srungʰ- and cognate with Ancient Greek ῥύγχος (rhúnkhos).
Noun
ռունգն • (ṙungn)
- nose
- (in the plural) nose; nostrils
- իբրեւ աղօտ իմն շունչ ի յըռնգունս ունէին ― ibrew ałōt imn šunčʻ i yəṙnguns unēin ― they were at the last gasp
- (figuratively) door leaf, door wing
- (figuratively) hinge
Usage notes
The word was used more often in its plural form ռնգունք (ṙngunkʻ) rather than in singular.
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References
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ռունգն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ռունգն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press