# արբուն
## Armenian
### Pronunciation

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

### Etymology 1

From Old Armenian արբուն (arbun).

#### Adjective

արբուն • (arbun) (superlative ամենաարբուն)
* (rare) adult, pubescent

##### Declension
#### Noun

արբուն • (arbun)
* (rare) Alternative form of արբունք (arbunkʻ)

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

From արբել (arbel) +‎ -ուն (-un).

#### Adjective

արբուն • (arbun) (superlative ամենաարբուն)
* (rare) intoxicating

##### Declension
#### Noun

արբուն • (arbun)
* (neologism) brandy
    Synonyms: կոնյակ (konyak), բրենդի (brendi)

##### Declension
## Old Armenian
### Etymology 1

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).

#### Noun

արբուն • (arbun)
* vigour, force
* maturity (of age)
    յարբունս հասանել ― yarbuns hasanel ― to attain the age of maturity, to grow
    յարբունս հասեալ ― yarbuns haseal ― adult, pubescent, marriageable
* measure
    յարբունս զքեզ ձգեալ ― yarbuns zkʻez jgeal ― by conducting yourself with moderation, by restraining you

##### Usage notes

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

##### Declension

an instrumental plural արբմամբք (arbmambkʻ) is also attested

##### Descendants

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

#### References

* 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]‎ (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

### Etymology 2

From արբ- (arb-) +‎ -ուն (-un).

#### Noun

արբուն • (arbun)
* potable

#### References

* 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

### Etymology 3
#### Noun

արբուն • (arbun)
* Misspelling of աղփուն (ałpʻun).

#### References

* 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