յօն

• յուն (yun)
• յաւն (yawn)

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).

յօն • (yōn)

1. (usually in the plural) eyebrows

   յօնք սեաւ ― yōnkʿ seaw ― dark eyebrows

   յօնք կամարաձեւ ― yōnkʿ kamarajew ― finely arched eyebrows

   յօնք թաւ ― yōnkʿ tʿaw ― bushy eyebrows

   յօնք անօսր ― yōnkʿ anōsr ― thin eyebrows

   յօնք նրբին ― yōnkʿ nrbin ― small eyebrows

   յօնք ի վայր անկեալ ― yōnkʿ i vayr ankeal ― hanging eyebrows

   յօնք ամբարհաւաճ ― yōnkʿ ambarhawač ― haughty eyebrows

   յօնք սպառնալից ― yōnkʿ spaṙnalicʿ ― 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 ― yōnōkʿ aknarkel ― to wink, to wink at

2. (figuratively) lofty countenance, stately look, superciliousness, haughtiness

   վանել զյօնն ― vanel zyōnn ― to put off pomp or pride

The singular was rarely used.

• Middle Armenian: յօնք (yōnkʿ)
  • Armenian: հոնք (honkʿ)

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “յօն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “յօն”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “յօն”, 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 (1987) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period] (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, Boston: Brill, page 491