գուն

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian գուն (gun); see it for more.

Pronunciation

Noun

գուն • (gun)

  1. effort
    գուն գործել, գուն դնելgun gorcel, gun dnelto make an effort

Usage notes

Used only in idioms.

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (to win, usurp). Cognates include Sanskrit वनोति (vanóti, to win, usurp), Middle Persian wʾnytn' (wānīdan, to conquer, usurp, destroy), whence վանեմ (vanem).

Noun

գուն • (gun) indeclinable

  1. effort
    գուն գործել, գուն դնելgun gorcel, gun dnelto make an effort

Usage notes

Used only in idioms.

Descendants

  • Armenian: գուն (gun)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “գուն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “գուն”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “գուն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 229
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