awn

See also: awn.

Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Awngi.

Symbol

awn

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Awngi.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Awngi terms

English

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English aw(u)ne, agune, from Old Norse ǫgn (compare Danish avne), from Proto-Germanic *aganō, *ahanō (“chaff”) (compare Old English agnu, Dutch agen, German Ahne, Agen), from Proto-Indo-European *aḱanā (compare Latin agna (“ear of wheat”), Lithuanian ašni̇̀s (“edge, blade”), Czech osina, Ancient Greek ἄκαινα (ákaina, “spike, prick”), ἄκανος (ákanos, “pine-thistle”), Sanskrit अशनि (aśáni, “thunderbolt, arrow tip”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”). More at edge.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔːn/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɔːn
• Homophones: en (cot–caught merger); on (Southern US, Midland US or cot–caught merger)

Noun

awn (plural awns)

An ear of a wild rye species, showing the conspicuous awns

1. The bristle or beard of barley, oats, grasses, etc., or any similar bristlelike appendage; arista.
   • 1909, William Hutchinson, Handbook of Grasses, page 12:

     In one exotic genus, Aristida, the awn is compound, having three forks or branches; another exotic genus, Pappophorum, is remarkable in having the flowering glume armed with a dozen or more awns.

Derived terms

• awned
• awner
• awnless
• awnlet
• awnlike
• awny
• purple three-awn grass
• threeawn

Translations

the bristle or beard of certain plants

Abkhaz: ахәҵәы́ (axʷcʷʼə́) Altai: Southern Altai: кылган (kïlgan) Arabic: سَفَاة (safāh) Azerbaijani: qılçıq Bashkir: ҡылсыҡ (qılsıq) Bulgarian: осил (bg) (osil) Chechen: дитт (ditt) Chinese: Mandarin: 芒 (zh) (máng) Chuvash: хылчӑк (hylč̬ăk) Crimean Tatar: qılçıq Czech: osina f Dutch: kafnaald f Esperanto: aristo (eo) Estonian: ohe (et) Finnish: vihne (fi) French: barbe (fr) f Galician: argana (gl) f, aresta (gl) f, coaño (gl) m Georgian: ფხა (ka) (pxa) German: Granne (de) f Greek: αθέρας (el) m (athéras), άγανο (el) n (ágano) Ancient Greek: ἀθήρ m (athḗr) Hungarian: toklász (hu) Icelandic: týta f Ingrian: oas Irish: colg m Italian: arista (it) f, resta (it) f Kazakh: қылқан (qılqan), қылқан (qılqan) Korean: 까끄라기 (ko) (kkakkeuragi) Kumyk: къылчыкъ (qılçıq) Kyrgyz: кылкан (kılkan) Latin: arista f Macedonian: о́сил m (ósil) Norwegian: snerp n Persian: دازه (dâze), تزه (fa) (taze) Polish: ość (pl) f, wąs (pl) m Portuguese: arista f Russian: ость (ru) f (ostʹ) Salar: qılçıq Slovak: osť f, ostina f, osina f, ôstie n, fúzy m Spanish: arista (es) f Swedish: borst (sv) n Tatar: кылчык (tt) (qılçıq) Turkish: kılçık (tr) sg Ottoman Turkish: سونكو (süngü) Turkmen: gylçyk Uyghur: قىلتىرىق (qiltiriq) Uzbek: qiltanoq (uz), qil-tiriq, qiltiq (uz) Welsh: col (cy) m

Anagrams

• NWA, WAN, Wan, naw, wan, wan-

Middle Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.un/, /au̯n/

Verb

awn

1. inflection of mynet:
   1. first-person plural present indicative/imperative
   2. first-person singular imperfect indicative

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɐ̃w̃/ [ˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

Interjection

awn

1. (Internet slang) aw, aww (express affection)

   Awn, você é tão fofo!

   Aw, you're so cute!

Scots

Determiner

awn

1. (obsolete) alternative form of ain

Tashelhit

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber *awən. Cognate with Ghadames and Tayert awən (“to climb”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /awn/

Verb

awn (perfective iwn, imperfective ttawn, verbal noun awwan, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵡⵏ, Arabic spelling آون)

1. (intransitive) to climb
2. (transitive) to raise
3. (intransitive) to not worry about

Derived terms

• asawn (“hill”)
• ssawn (“to raise”)

References

• Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 1 A–E (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/1) (in French), Leiden, Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN

Welsh

Alternative forms

• elwn (first person singular subjunctive and conditional)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /au̯n/
• Rhymes: -au̯n

Verb

awn

1. inflection of mynd:
   1. first-person plural present indicative/future
   2. first-person singular conditional
   3. (literary) first-person plural imperative

Mutation

Mutated forms of awn

radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
awn	unchanged	unchanged	hawn

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.