հուն

From Middle Armenian հուն (hun), from Old Armenian հուն (hun), from Proto-Indo-European *pónteh₁s.

• (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [hun]
• (Western Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [hun]

հուն • (hun)

1. ford, shallow

   Հունը չգիտցած գետը մտնել։ ― Hunə čʿgitcʿac getə mtnel. ― To enter the river not knowing the ford.

2. riverbed
3. dried riverbed
4. bottom of the sea, lake or river
5. way, direction, course

   հունի մեջ դնել ― huni meǰ dnel ― to put into the right order or course, to give an adequate course or direction

   հունի մեջ ընկնել ― huni meǰ ənknel ― to fall onto the right direction, to begin with an ordered work

   հունից հանել ― hunicʿ hanel ― to take out of the right order

6. (dialectal) top

   հուն ելնել ― hun elnel ― to vanquish, to surmount (literally, to come up to the top)

• “հուն”, in Žamanakakicʿ hayocʿ lezvi bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, 1969–1980
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 424

From Old Armenian հուն (hun), from Proto-Indo-European *pónteh₁s.

հուն • (hun)

1. way, direction, course

   ի հուն ելնել ― i hun elnel ― to come to one's senses, to come to reason

   ի հուն հանել ― i hun hanel ― to bring to reason, to bring to senses

2. limit, border, end
3. top

   ի հուն ելանել ― i hun elanel ― to cope with, succeed in, to come up to the top, to a successful accomplishment

   ի հուն հանել ― i hun hanel ― to cause to succeed

• Armenian: հուն (hun)

• Łazaryan, Ṙ. S.; Avetisyan, H. M. (2009), “ի հուն ելնել”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “հուն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “հուն”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy

From Proto-Indo-European *pónteh₁s. See also Georgian ფონი (poni).

հուն • (hun)

1. ford, shallow
2. (as an adjective) shallow
3. passage, way
4. opening, gap

In the compound անհուն (anhun) the word also means ‘bottom, base’. For the sense development compare Latin vadum (“shallow, ford; bottom of the sea”).

• անհուն (anhun)

• Middle Armenian: հուն (hun)
  • Armenian: հուն (hun)

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “հուն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “հուն”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “հուն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a 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 422