ալաւունք
Old Armenian
Alternative forms
- ալաւսունք (alawsunkʿ)
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.
Synonyms
- բազմաստեղք (bazmastełkʿ)
References
- Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “ալաւունք”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “ալաւունք”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “ալաւունք”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1963), “Stugabanutʿyunner [Etymologies]”, in Patma-banasirakan handes [Historical-Philological Journal] (in Armenian), issue 4, page 86
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), “ալաւունք”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (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, Boston: Brill, page 12
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