բույն

Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

The spelling բույն (buyn) is literary and is a learned borrowing from Old Armenian բոյն (boyn). The dialectal forms are inherited from it.

Pronunciation

Noun

բույն • (buyn)

  1. nest of a bird
  2. den, lair, kennel, burrow, hole of other animals
  3. (figuratively) a wretched hovel

Declension

Derived terms

  • բնադրել (bnadrel)
  • բնակալ (bnakal)
  • բնբնալ (bnbnal)
  • բունավեր (bunaver)
  • բունբուն (bunbun)
  • բունբունալ (bunbunal)
  • բունբունատել (bunbunatel)
  • բունկալ (bunkal)
  • բունկալնոց (bunkalnocʻ)
  • խոզաբույն (xozabuyn)
  • հավաբույն (havabuyn)
  • մրջնաբույն (mrǰnabuyn)

References

  1. Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “բոյն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 469a
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