Where does “վարդագոյն” come from?

վարդագոյն (Old Armenian) comes from Old Armenian գոյն, from Middle Persian gwn' — colour, complexion.

վարդագոյն (Old Armenian): rose-coloured, rosy, roseate

Definitions

  1. rose-coloured, rosy, roseate

Ancestry of “վարդագոյն”, step by step

վարդագոյն traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Armenian գոյն

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianգոյնcolour; tint, dye; jaundice; a kind of musical...
2Middle Persiangwn'colour, complexion

via Old Armenian վարդ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianվարդrose

Words derived from “վարդագոյն”

Every word from Middle Persian gwn' →Every word from Old Armenian գոյն →