hyn'

From Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎴𐎠 (hainā-, “hostile army”), from Proto-Iranian [Term?] (compare Manichaean Middle Persian hyyn, Khotanese hīñi (hīñi), Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬉𐬥𐬁‎ (haēnā-, “hostile army”), and the Old Armenian loanword հէն (hēn)), possibly from Proto-Indo-Iranian [Term?] (compare Sanskrit सेना (sénā, “army”)).

hyn' • (hēn)

1. army, hostile army
2. demon

• hynyh (hēnīh, “attack, aggression”)

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “hēn”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 43
• Nalbandyan, G. M. (1994), “hēn”, in Pahlaveren-hayeren baṙaran [Pahlavi–Armenian Dictionary], Yerevan: Pyunik, →ISBN, page 88a
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977), “հէն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume III, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 91
• Horn, Paul (1893) Grundriss der neupersischen Etymologie (in German), Strasbourg: K.J. Trübner, page 281