նկուն

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian նկուն (nkun).

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

նկուն • (nkun) (superlative ամենանկուն)

1. defeated, contemptible
2. short, low

• աննկուն (annkun)

An Iranian borrowing; compare Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (nkwn' /nigūn/), Persian نگون‎ (negun, “inverted, upside down”).

նկուն • (nkun)

1. defeated, contemptible

   նկուն առնել ― nkun aṙnel ― to conquer, subdue, humble

   նկուն լինել ― nkun linel ― to be conquered, overcome, humbled

   • 5th century, Bible, Ruth 1.21:

     Լի չոգայ, եւ ունայն դարձոյց զիս Տէր․ եւ արդ՝ ընդէ՞ր կոչէք զիս Նոոմին, եւ Տէր նկուն արար զիս, եւ Բաւականն չարչարեաց զիս:

     Li čʿogay, ew unayn darjoycʿ zis Tēr; ew ard, əndē^?r kočʿēkʿ zis Noomin, ew Tēr nkun arar zis, ew Bawakann čʿarčʿareacʿ zis:

     • Translation by Brenton Septuagint Translation

       I went out full, and the Lord has brought me back empty: and why call ye me Noemin, whereas the Lord has humbled me and the Mighty One has afflicted me?

2. short, low

• → Armenian: նկուն (nkun)

• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “նկուն”, 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), “նկուն”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 205
• Łazarean, Ṙ. S. (2000), “նկուն”, in Tʿosunean G. B., editor, Grabari baṙaran [Dictionary of Old Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press
• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “նկուն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy