հէն

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Middle Iranian hēn. Compare Middle Persian hyn' (hēn).

Noun

հէն (hēn)

  1. robber, brigand; band of robbers, gang of brigands; hostile army
    հէն ծովուhēn covusea-robber, pirate, freebooter, corsair, sea-rover
  2. brigandage, plundering; piracy; attack, incursion
    հինից պարապիլhinicʿ parapilto become a highwayman, to rob, to plunder
    հինի/հինիւ ելանելhini/hiniw elanelto take to the highway, to overrun or scour, to make incursions
  3. noise, commotion
    զի՞նչ քան զայն հէն եւ աղաղակ կայցէzi?nčʿ kʿan zayn hēn ew ałałak kaycʿē(please add an English translation of this usage example)

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References

  • J̌axǰaxean, Manuēl (1837), հէն”, in Baṙgirkʿ i barbaṙ hay ew italakan [Armenian–Italian Dictionary], volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 876c
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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977), հէն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume III, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 91
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 531
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