Old Armenian

Alternative forms

• յուն ‎(yun)
• յաւն ‎(yawn)

Noun

յօն • ‎(yōn)

1. (usually in the plural) eyebrows

   յօնք սեաւ‎ ― yōnkʿ seaw ― dark eyebrows

   յօնք կամարաձեւ‎ ― yōnkʿ kamarajew ― finely arched eyebrows

   յօնք թաւ‎ ― yōnkʿ tʿaw ― bushy eyebrows

   յօնք անօսր‎ ― yōnkʿ anōsr ― thin eyebrows

   յօնք նրբին‎ ― yōnkʿ nrbin ― small eyebrows

   յօնք ի վայր անկեալ‎ ― yōnkʿ i vayr ankeal ― hanging eyebrows

   յօնք ամբարհաւաճ‎ ― yōnkʿ ambarhawač ― haughty eyebrows

   յօնք սպառնալից‎ ― yōnkʿ spaṙnalicʿ ― threatening eyebrows

   ամբառնալ զյօնս, զյօնս վեր ի վայր տանել‎ ― ambaṙnal zyōns, zyōns ver i vayr tanel ― to raise the brows through superciliousness, to put on an arch look, to look arch

   պռստել, ի վեր պրկել զյօնս‎ ― pṙstel, i ver prkel zyōns ― to frown, to knit the brow, to look sour or angry

   զյօնսն հանել‎ ― zyōnsn hanel ― to paint the eyebrows

   յօնօք ակնարկել‎ ― yōnōkʿ aknarkel ― to wink, to wink at

2. (figuratively) lofty countenance, stately look, superciliousness, haughtiness

   վանել զյօնն‎ ― vanel zyōnn ― to put off pomp or pride

Declension

Usage notes

The singular was rarely used.

Derived terms

Descendants

• Middle Armenian: յօնք ‎(yōnkʿ)
  • Armenian: հոնք ‎(honkʿ)

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “յօն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “յօն”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “յօն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 261
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 491