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 *wen- (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

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), գուն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), գուն”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), գուն”, 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
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 229
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