վին

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian վին (vin).

Pronunciation

Noun

վին • (vin)

  1. (historical) a kind of plucked string instrument similar to an oud, lute or a harp

Declension

See also

References

  • Mkrtčʻyan, Nerses (2000) “վին”, in Eražštakan baṙaran [Musical Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Mšakuytʻi hayk. fond, →ISBN, pages 250–251

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • գավին (gavin) scribal error

Etymology

An Iranian borrowing. Compare Middle Persian [script needed] (wn' /⁠win⁠/, veena, lute) and see there for more.

Noun

վին • (vin)

  1. a kind of plucked string instrument similar to an oud, lute or a harp

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: վին (vin) (learned)

See also

  • գաւիկ (gawik)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “վին”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “վին”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “վին”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, pages 340–341
  • Mkrtčʻyan, Nerses (2000) “վին”, in Eražštakan baṙaran [Musical Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Mšakuytʻi hayk. fond, →ISBN, pages 250–251
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