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Armenian
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Old Armenian վին (vin).
Pronunciation
Noun
վին • (vin)
- (historical) a kind of plucked string instrument similar to an oud, lute or a harp
Declension
See also
References
- Mkrtčʻyan, Nerses (2000) “վին”, in Eražštakan baṙaran [Musical Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Mšakuytʻi hayk. fond, →ISBN, pages 250–251
Old Armenian
- գավին (gavin) — scribal error
Etymology
An Iranian borrowing. Compare Middle Persian (wn' /win/, “veena, lute”) and see there for more.
Noun
վին • (vin)
- a kind of plucked string instrument similar to an oud, lute or a harp
Declension
i-a-type
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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վին (vin)
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վինք (vinkʻ)
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| genitive
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վնի (vni)
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վնաց (vnacʻ)
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| dative
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վնի (vni)
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վնաց (vnacʻ)
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| accusative
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վին (vin)
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վինս (vins)
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| ablative
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վնէ (vnē)
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վնաց (vnacʻ)
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| instrumental
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վնաւ (vnaw)
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վնաւք = վնօք (vnawkʻ = vnōkʻ)
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| locative
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վնի (vni)
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վինս (vins)
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Descendants
- → Armenian: վին (vin) (learned)
See also
References
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “վին”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “վին”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “վին”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, pages 340–341
- Mkrtčʻyan, Nerses (2000) “վին”, in Eražštakan baṙaran [Musical Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Mšakuytʻi hayk. fond, →ISBN, pages 250–251