հէն

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Middle Iranian. Compare Middle Persian hyn' (hēn).

Noun

հէն • (hēn)

  1. robber, brigand; band of robbers, gang of brigands; hostile army
    հէն ծովու ― hēn covu ― sea-robber, pirate, freebooter, corsair, sea-rover
  2. brigandage, plundering; piracy; attack, incursion
    հինից պարապիլ ― hinicʿ parapil ― to become a highwayman, to rob, to plunder
    հինի/հինիւ ելանել ― hini/hiniw elanel ― to take to the highway, to overrun or scour, to make incursions
  3. noise, commotion
    զի՞նչ քան զայն հէն եւ աղաղակ կայցէ ― zi?nčʿ kʿan zayn hēn ew ałałak kaycʿē ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: հեն (hen)

References

  • J̌axǰaxean, Manuēl (1837), “հէն”, in Baṙgirkʿ i barbaṙ hay ew italakan [Armenian–Italian Dictionary], volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 876c
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “հէն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 405a
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1837), “հէն”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 96ab
  • Łazarean, Ṙ. S. (2000), “հէն”, in Tʿosunean G. B., editor, Grabari baṙaran [Dictionary of Old Armenian] (in Armenian), volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 69b
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 180
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977), “հէն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume III, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 91
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period]‎ (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 531
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), “հէն”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 460a
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