անհուն

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian անհուն (anhun).

Pronunciation

Adjective

անհուն • (anhun) (superlative ամենաանհուն)

  1. bottomless
    անհուն ծովanhun covbottomless sea
  2. (figuratively) infinite, limitless
    անհուն սերanhun serlimitless love

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

From ան- (an-) + հուն (hun).

Adjective

անհուն • (anhun)

  1. unfordable, impassable, inaccessible
  2. bottomless
  3. broad, wide
  4. infinite, endless, countless

Declension

Adverb

անհուն • (anhun)

  1. infinitely, limitlessly, without restraint

Descendants

  • Armenian: անհուն (anhun)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “անհուն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “անհուն”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 422
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