գոյն

See also: -գոյն

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Middle Iranian gōn, from Old Iranian gauna-. Compare Middle Persian gwn' (gōn, colour; kind, sort), Persian گون (gūn, colour; kind manner), Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬊𐬥𐬀 (gaona-, kind, manner, colour).

Noun

գոյն (goyn)

  1. colour; tint, dye
    թափել, հատանել, բառնալ զգոյնtʿapʿel, hatanel, baṙnal zgoynto discolour
    գոյն մարմնոյgoyn marmnoycomplexion
  2. (pathology) jaundice
  3. (music) a kind of musical note

Declension

Preposition

գոյն (goyn)

  1. as, like

Adverb

գոյն (goyn)

  1. so, thus, in this manner

Derived terms

  • գունակ (gunak)
  • դժգոյն (džgoyn)
  • հանգոյն (hangoyn), հանգունակ (hangunak)

Descendants

References

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