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Hebrew
Etymology 1
Compare Ugaritic 𐎀𐎐 (ản /ʾānu/, “power”).
Noun
אוֹן • (on) m (plural indefinite אוֹנִים, plural construct אוֹנֵי־)
- (literary) strength, power
- sexual potency
Derived terms
References
- “און” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
Etymology 2
Noun
אָוֶן • (áven) m
- defective spelling of אוון
Etymology 3
From Egyptian jwnw. The alternate pronunciation is dysphemistically influenced by אָוֶון (áven, “wickedness”).
Proper noun
אֹן or אָוֶן • (on or áven) m
- (historical) Heliopolis (The ancient capital of the 13th nome of Lower Egypt, located in the northern suburbs of modern Cairo, Egypt; known in Ancient Egyptian as Iunu and in later Coptic as On)
Tanach, Genesis 41:45:וַיִּקְרָא פַרְעֹה שֵׁם־יוֹסֵף צָפְנַת פַּעְנֵחַ וַיִּתֶּן־לוֹ אֶת־אָסְנַת בַּת־פּוֹטִי פֶרַע כֹּהֵן אֹן לְאִשָּׁה וַיֵּצֵא יוֹסֵף עַל־אֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם׃- vayikrá far'ó shem yoséf tsofnát panéakh vayitén lo et asnát bat potí féra kohén on l'ishá vayetsé yoséf al érets mitsráyim
- And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphnath-Paaneah, and gave him Asenath daughter of Poti-phera priest of Heliopolis as a wife, and Joseph went out over the land of Egypt.
Tanach, Ezekiel 30:17:בַּחוּרֵי אָוֶן וּפִי־בֶסֶת בַּחֶרֶב יִפֹּלוּ וְהֵנָּה בַּשְּׁבִי תֵלַכְנָה׃- bakhuré áven ufí véset bakhérev yipólu v'hénah bash'ví telákhna
- The youths of Heliopolis and Bubastis will fall by the sword, and they will go in captivity.
Further reading
Ladino
Etymology
From Old Spanish un, from Latin ūnus (“one”), from Old Latin oinos, from Proto-Italic *oinos, from Proto-Indo-European *óynos (“one”).
Pronunciation
Article
און (Latin spelling un, plural אונוס, feminine אונה)
- a (masculine singular)
Yiddish
Etymology
From Middle High German unt (“and”). Cognates include German und.
Pronunciation
Conjunction
און • (un)
- and