Old Armenian

Alternative forms

• ուղն ‎(ułn), ոլն ‎(oln)

Noun

ուլն • ‎(uln)

1. neck

   զուլամբ երթալ‎ ― zulamb ertʿal ― to fall headlong, head-foremost, to tumble, to fall to be plunged in sensuality; to be sunk in debauchery, to wallow in voluptuousness

Declension

Synonyms

• վիզ ‎(viz), փող ‎(pʿoł), պարանոց ‎(paranocʿ)

Derived terms

Descendants

• Armenian: ուլ ‎(ul)

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “ուլն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “ուլն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “ուլն”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy

Etymology 2

The origin is uncertain.

Alternative forms

• ուղունք pl ‎(ułunkʿ)

Noun

ուլն • ‎(uln)

1. one pearl or piece of ring-shaped glass used in an ornament; bead
2. knucklebone used by children in the game of jacks
3. (in the plural) cervical vertebrae
4. (in the plural) pearl necklace
5. (in the plural) Venetian pearls, beads, glass beads, bugle

Declension

Synonyms

• (knucklebone): վէգ ‎(vēg)

Derived terms

Descendants

• Armenian: ուլունք ‎(ulunkʿ)

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “ուլն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “ուլն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “ուլն”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy