յօն
Old Armenian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]The original spelling is յաւն (yawn), of uncertain origin.
Martirosyan proposes derivation from յ- (y-, “in, on, at”) + *աւ-ն- (*aw-n-), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃kʷ-n-, from *h₃ekʷ- (“eye”). For the *-n- he compares Sanskrit अक्षि (ákṣi), genitive singular अक्ष्णाः (akṣ-ṇ-áḥ).
Noun
[edit]յօն • (yōn)
- (usually in the plural) eyebrows
- յօնք սեաւ ― yōnkʻ seaw ― dark eyebrows
- յօնք կամարաձեւ ― yōnkʻ kamarajew ― finely arched eyebrows
- յօնք թաւ ― yōnkʻ tʻaw ― bushy eyebrows
- յօնք անօսր ― yōnkʻ anōsr ― thin eyebrows
- յօնք նրբին ― yōnkʻ nrbin ― small eyebrows
- յօնք ի վայր անկեալ ― yōnkʻ i vayr ankeal ― hanging eyebrows
- յօնք ամբարհաւաճ ― yōnkʻ ambarhawač ― haughty eyebrows
- յօնք սպառնալից ― yōnkʻ spaṙnalicʻ ― threatening eyebrows
- ամբառնալ զյօնս, զյօնս վեր ի վայր տանել ― ambaṙnal zyōns, zyōns ver i vayr tanel ― to raise the brows through superciliousness, to put on an arch look, to look arch
- պռստել, ի վեր պրկել զյօնս ― pṙstel, i ver prkel zyōns ― to frown, to knit the brow, to look sour or angry
- զյօնսն հանել ― zyōnsn hanel ― to paint the eyebrows
- յօնօք ակնարկել ― yōnōkʻ aknarkel ― to wink, to wink at
- (figuratively) lofty countenance, stately look, superciliousness, haughtiness
- վանել զյօնն ― vanel zyōnn ― to put off pomp or pride
Usage notes
[edit]The singular was rarely used.
Declension
[edit]i-a-type
i-type
Derived terms
[edit]- բարձրայօն (barjrayōn)
- բարձրայօնակ (barjrayōnak)
- բարձրայօնութիւն (barjrayōnutʻiwn)
- թաւայօն (tʻawayōn)
- մրայօն (mrayōn)
- յօնակից (yōnakicʻ)
- յօնաճօճ (yōnačōč)
- յօնեղ (yōneł)
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “յօն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “յօն”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “յօն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period][1] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 261
- Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 491