խոհ

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /χoh/,
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /χoh/,

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

• խորհ (xorh)

խոհ • (xoh)

1. (somewhat poetic) thought

   խոհերի մեջ ընկնել / խոհերով տարվել ― xoheri meǰ ənknel / xoherov tarvel ― to fall to thinking, to be lost in thought

   խորերին հանձնվել ― xorerin hanjnvel ― same as խոհերով տարվել

   խոհերու մեջ իյնալ ― xoheru meǰ iynal ― see խոհերի մեջ ընլնել

2. (somewhat poetic) worry, trouble, concern
3. (somewhat poetic) mind, intention, focus

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian խոհ (xoh).

խոհ • (xoh)

1. Alternative form of խահ (xah)

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

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.

խոհ • (xoh)

1. food, victuals

• → Armenian: խոհ (xoh), խահ (xah)

• 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