ալաւունք

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

• ալաւսունք (alawsunkʻ)

Etymology

According to Martirosyan, probably of the same Proto-Indo-European origin as յ-ոլով (y-olov, “many”).

On the other hand, J̌ahukyan connected with աղաւնի (aławni), deriving both from Proto-Indo-European *aləu- (“white, shiny”) or *aləbʰ-; considered unconvincing by Martirosyan.

Noun

ալաւունք • (alawunkʻ) pl

1. Pleiades

Synonyms

• բազմաստեղք (bazmastełkʻ)

References

• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ալաւունք”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ալաւունք”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ալաւունք”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1963) “Stugabanutʻyunner”, in Patma-banasirakan handes‎^[1] (in Armenian), number 4, Yerevan: Academy Press, page 86
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “ալաւունք”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 25a
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “alawunkʿ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 12