դոն

See also: Դոն

Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Armenian դոն (don); see it for more.

Pronunciation

  • (Eastern Armenian) IPA(key): [don]
  • (file)

Noun

դոն (don)

  1. (dialectal) kind of longish bread

Declension

Derived terms

References

  • Malxaseancʿ, Stepʿan (1944–1945), դօն”, in Hayerēn bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: State Publishing House

Old Armenian

Etymology 1

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *dʰoHnéh₂. Alternatively, borrowed from Hittite [script needed] (dūni-), [script needed] (tunik, kind of pastry).

Noun

դոն (don)

  1. kind of bread
Declension
Descendants

Etymology 2

Probably developed metaphorically from the sense “kind of bread”.

Noun

դոն (don)

  1. an architectural ornament/detail, probably architrave

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), դոն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), դոն”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), դոն”, 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 241
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