Armenian

Noun

հուն • ‎(hun)

1. ford, shallow

   Հունը չգիտցած գետը մտնել։‎ ― Hunə čʿgitcʿac getə mtnel. ― To enter the river not knowing the ford.

2. riverbed
3. dried riverbed
4. bottom of the sea, lake or river
5. way, direction, course

   հունի մեջ դնել‎ ― huni meǰ dnel ― to put into the right order or course, to give an adequate course or direction

   հունի մեջ ընկնել‎ ― huni meǰ ənknel ― to fall onto the right direction, to begin with an ordered work

   հունից հանել‎ ― hunicʿ hanel ― to take out of the right order

6. (dialectal) top

   հուն ելնել‎ ― hun elnel ― to vanquish, to surmount (literally, to come up to the top)

Declension

References

• “հուն”, in Žamanakakicʿ hayocʿ lezvi bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, 1969–1980
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 424

Middle Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian հուն ‎(hun).

Noun

հուն • ‎(hun)

1. way, direction, course

   ի հուն ելնել‎ ― i hun elnel ― to come to one's senses, to come to reason

   ի հուն հանել‎ ― i hun hanel ― to bring to reason, to bring to senses

2. limit, border, end
3. top

   ի հուն ելանել‎ ― i hun elanel ― to cope with, succeed in, to come up to the top, to a successful accomplishment

   ի հուն հանել‎ ― i hun hanel ― to cause to succeed

Derived terms

Descendants

• Armenian: հուն ‎(hun)

References

• Łazaryan, Ṙ. S.; Avetisyan, H. M. (2009), “ի հուն ելնել”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “հուն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “հուն”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pónteh₁s. See also Georgian ფონი ‎(poni).

Noun

հուն • ‎(hun)

1. ford, shallow
2. (as an adjective) shallow
3. passage, way
4. opening, gap

Declension

Usage notes

In the compound անհուն ‎(anhun) the word also means ‘bottom, base’. For the sense development compare Latin vadum ‎(“shallow, ford; bottom of the sea”).

Derived terms

Descendants

• Middle Armenian: հուն ‎(hun)
  • Armenian: հուն ‎(hun)

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “հուն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “հուն”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “հուն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 422