արբուն

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /ɑɾˈbun/, [ɑɾbún], /ɑɾˈpʰun/, [ɑɾpʰún]
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /ɑɾˈpun/, [ɑɾpʰún]
• Hyphenation: ար‧բուն

From Old Armenian արբուն (arbun).

արբուն • (arbun) (superlative ամենաարբուն)

1. (rare) adult, pubescent

արբուն • (arbun)

1. (rare) alternative form of արբունք (arbunkʻ)

From արբել (arbel) +‎ -ուն (-un).

արբուն • (arbun) (superlative ամենաարբուն)

1. (rare) intoxicating

արբուն • (arbun)

1. (neologism) brandy

   Synonyms: կոնյակ (konyak), բրենդի (brendi)

The origin is uncertain. According to J̌ahukyan, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₂(e)bʰro- (“strong, mighty”) and cognate with Gothic 𐌰𐌱𐍂𐍃 (abrs), Middle Irish prefix abor- (“very”) and perhaps արբեկ (arbek). See Pokorny for this root, without the Armenian. Alternatively, according to Weitenberg from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrH-on- pl, from the root *bʰerH-, and cognate with բուռն (buṙn).

արբուն • (arbun)

1. vigour, force
2. maturity (of age)

   յարբունս հասանել ― yarbuns hasanel ― to attain the age of maturity, to grow

   յարբունս հասեալ ― yarbuns haseal ― adult, pubescent, marriageable

3. measure

   յարբունս զքեզ ձգեալ ― yarbuns zkʻez jgeal ― by conducting yourself with moderation, by restraining you

The word was indeclinable. Post-classically declined only in the plural.

• Armenian: արբուն (arbun), արբունք (arbunkʻ)

• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “արբուն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “արբուն”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “արբուն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “արբուն”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period]‎^[1] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 111
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “arbun-k‘”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 130
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) “abhro-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 2
• Weitenberg, J. J. S. (1989) “Armenian arbun(kʻ) ‘vigour, maturity’”, in Subhadra Kumar Sen, editor, Hanǰamana, Calcutta: Calcutta University Press, pages 109–113

From արբ- (arb-) +‎ -ուն (-un).

արբուն • (arbun)

1. potable

• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “արբուն”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy

արբուն • (arbun)

1. misspelling of աղփուն (ałpʻun)

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “արբուն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 300b