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Middle Persian
Etymology
From Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎴𐎠 (h-i-n-a /hainā-/, “hostile army”), from Proto-Iranian (compare Manichaean Middle Persian hyyn, Khotanese hīñi, Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬉𐬥𐬁- (haēnā-, “hostile army”), and the Old Armenian loanword հէն (hēn)), possibly from Proto-Indo-Iranian (compare Sanskrit सेना (sénā, “army”)).
Noun
hyn' • (hēn)
- army, hostile army
- demon
Derived terms
- hynyh (hēnīh, “attack, aggression”)
References
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “hēn”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 43
- Nalbandyan, G. M. (1994) “hēn”, in Pahlaveren-hayeren baṙaran [Pahlavi–Armenian Dictionary], Yerevan: Pyunik, →ISBN, page 88a
- 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
- Horn, Paul (1893) Grundriss der neupersischen Etymologie (in German), Strasbourg: K.J. Trübner, page 281