Old Armenian

Noun

բոյն • ‎(boyn)

1. nest of a bird

   բոյն դնել, կառուցանել‎ ― boyn dnel, kaṙucʿanel ― to nestle, to make one's nest

   հանել ի բունոյ‎ ― hanel i bunoy ― to take out of the nest

2. (by extension) den, lair, kennel, burrow, hole of other animals
3. hut, shack of a human
4. niche, hole

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

• Armenian: բույն ‎(buyn)
• Chechen: бен ‎(ben)
• Georgian: ბუნაგი ‎(bunagi)
• Kurdish: پون ‎(pun)
• Ottoman Turkish: پين ‎(pin)
  • Turkish: pin

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “բոյն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “բոյն”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “բոյն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), “բոյն”, in Sargsyan, Vahan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, ISBN 978-9939-50-121-5
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 187