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== Middle Persian == === Etymology === From Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎴𐎠 (h-i-n-a /⁠hainā-⁠/, “hostile army”), from Proto-Iranian [Term?] (compare Manichaean Middle Persian hyyn, Khotanese hīñi, Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬉𐬥𐬁- (haēnā-, “hostile army”), and the Old Armenian loanword հէն (hēn)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sáynaH (“army”). Compare Sanskrit सेना (sénā, “army”). === Noun === hyn' • (hēn) army, hostile army demon ==== Derived terms ==== hynyh (hēnīh, “attack, aggression”) === References === MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “hēn”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 43 Nalbandyan, G. M. (1994), “hēn”, in Pahlaveren-hayeren baṙaran [Pahlavi–Armenian Dictionary], Yerevan: Pyunik, →ISBN, page 88a Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977), “հէն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 91 Horn, Paul (1893), Grundriss der neupersischen Etymologie (in German), Strasbourg: K.J. Trübner, page 281