Armenian

Adjective

արբուն • ‎(arbun) ‎(superlative ամենաարբուն)

1. (rare) adult, pubescent

Declension

Noun

արբուն • ‎(arbun)

1. (rare) Alternative form of արբունք ‎(arbunkʿ)

Declension

Etymology 2

From արբել ‎(arbel) +‎ -ուն ‎(-un).

Adjective

արբուն • ‎(arbun) ‎(superlative ամենաարբուն)

1. (rare) intoxicating

Declension

Noun

արբուն • ‎(arbun)

1. (neologism) brandy

Declension

Synonyms

• կոնյակ ‎(konyak), բրենդի ‎(brendi)

Old Armenian

Etymology 1

The origin is uncertain. According to J̌ahukyan, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₂(e)bʰro- ‎(“strong, mighty”) and cognate with Gothic 𐌰𐌱𐍂𐍃 ‎(abrs), Middle Irish prefix abor- ‎(“very”) and perhaps արբեկ ‎(arbek). See Pokorny for this root, without the Armenian. Alternatively, according to Weitenberg apud Martirosyan, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰōrH-n-, from the root *bʰerH-, and cognate with բուռն ‎(buṙn).

Noun

արբուն • ‎(arbun)

1. vigour, force
2. maturity (of age)

   յարբունս հասանել‎ ― yarbuns hasanel ― to attain the age of maturity, to grow

   յարբունս հասեալ‎ ― yarbuns haseal ― adult, pubescent, marriageable

3. measure

   յարբունս զքեզ ձգեալ‎ ― yarbuns zkʿez jgeal ― by conducting yourself with moderation, by restraining you

Declension

Usage notes

The word was indeclinable. Post-classically declined only in the plural.

Descendants

• Armenian: արբուն ‎(arbun), արբունք ‎(arbunkʿ)

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “արբուն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “արբուն”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “արբուն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), “արբուն”, in Sargsyan, Vahan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, ISBN 978-9939-50-121-5
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 111
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “arbun-k‘”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 130
• Pokorny, Julius (1959), “abhro-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume I, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 2

Etymology 2

From արբ- ‎(arb-) +‎ -ուն ‎(-un)

Noun

արբուն • ‎(arbun)

1. potable

References

• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “արբուն”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy

Etymology 3

Noun

արբուն • ‎(arbun)

1. Misspelling of աղփուն ‎(ałpʿun).

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “արբուն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935, page 300b