Armenian

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Learned borrowing from Old Armenian խոհ- (xoh-), an alternative form of խորհ (xorh).

Alternative forms

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Noun

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խոհ (xoh)

  1. (somewhat poetic) thought
    խոհերի մեջ ընկնել / խոհերով տարվելxoheri meǰ ənknel / xoherov tarvelto fall to thinking, to be lost in thought
    խորերին հանձնվելxorerin hanjnvelsame as խոհերով տարվել
    խոհերու մեջ իյնալxoheru meǰ iynalsee խոհերի մեջ ընլնել
  2. (somewhat poetic) worry, trouble, concern
  3. (somewhat poetic) mind, intention, focus
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Etymology 2

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Learned borrowing from Old Armenian խոհ (xoh).

Noun

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խոհ (xoh)

  1. Alternative form of խահ (xah)
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Old Armenian

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Alternative forms

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  • խահ (xah)
  • խոխ (xox)
  • խախ- (xax-) (in some compounds)

Etymology

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From earlier *խորհ (*xorh), from Middle Iranian *xvarh. Compare Persian خوال (xvâl, food). The spelling խահ (xah) is from earlier *խարհ (*xarh), from the same Iranian source. The forms խոխ (xox) and խախ- (xax-) reflect dialectal/post-classical developments.

Noun

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խոհ (xoh)

  1. food, victuals

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: խոհ (xoh), խահ (xah)

References

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  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “խոհ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “խոհ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “խոհ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press