ալաւունք

• ալաւսունք (alawsunkʿ)

According to Martirosyan, probably of the same Proto-Indo-European origin as յ-ոլով (y-olov, “many”).

On the other hand, J̌ahukyan connected with աղաւնի (aławni), deriving both from Proto-Indo-European *aləu- (“white, shiny”) or *aləbʰ-; considered unconvincing by Martirosyan.

ալաւունք • (alawunkʿ) pl

1. Pleiades

• բազմաստեղք (bazmastełkʿ)

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “ալաւունք”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “ալաւունք”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “ալաւունք”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1963), “Stugabanutʿyunner [Etymologies]”, in Patma-banasirakan handes [Historical-Philological Journal]‎ (in Armenian), issue 4, page 86
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), “ալաւունք”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 25a
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “alawunkʿ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 12