յոյն

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Armenian[edit]

Noun[edit]

յոյն (yoyn)

  1. Traditional orthography spelling of հույն (huyn)

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Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From the name of the Greek tribe of Ionians. Compare Ancient Greek Ἴων (Íōn), Old Persian 𐎹𐎢𐎴 (y-u-n /⁠yauna⁠/), Hebrew יוון (yawan), Arabic يُونَان (yūnān). See also Names of the Greeks.

Noun[edit]

յոյն (yoyn)

  1. Greek
    թագաւորն Յունացtʻagaworn Yunacʻthe Byzantine emperor (literally, “the king of the Greeks”)
    • 5th century, Pʿawstos Buzand, Hayoc Patmutʿiwnʿ [History of the Armenians] III.21:[1]
      Յայնմ ժամանակի առաքեցին ի մեծ նախարարաց անտի աւագանին Հայոց հանդերձ պատարագօք առ թագաւորն Յունաց, զի ի նա ձեռս տուեալ` ծառայեսցեն նմա հնազանդութեամբ, եւ լինիցի նա նոցա թիկունք օգնականութեան՝ խնդրել վրէժս ի թշնամեաց նոցա։
      Yaynm žamanaki aṙakʻecʻin i mec naxararacʻ anti awaganin Hayocʻ handerj pataragōkʻ aṙ tʻagaworn Yunacʻ, zi i na jeṙs tueal` caṙayescʻen nma hnazandutʻeamb, ew linicʻi na nocʻa tʻikunkʻ ōgnakanutʻean, xndrel vrēžs i tʻšnameacʻ nocʻa.
      • Translation by Nina G. Garsoïan
        At that time the Armenian nobility sent some of the great *naχarars with gifts to the king of the Greeks [to say that] they gave him their hand [and that] they would serve him obediently were he to support them with aid to obtain revenge from their enemies.

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Adjective[edit]

յոյն (yoyn)

  1. Greek
    յոյն լեզուyoyn lezuthe Greek tongue

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Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: հույն (huyn)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Garsoïan, Nina G. (1989) The Epic Histories Attributed to P‘awstos Buzand (Buzandaran Patmut‘iwnk‘)[1], Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, page 98

Further reading[edit]

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “յոյն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “յոյն”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy