շահ

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

From Old Armenian շահ (šah); see it for more.

շահ • (šah)

1. benefit, profit, gain

   շահս ո՞րն է ― šahs o^?rn ē ― what's in it for me?

2. interest

   շահով տալ ― šahov tal ― to make out a loan

From Persian شاه (šâh). Doublet of շախ (šax), which entered via Russian.

շահ • (šah)

1. shah

The origin is uncertain.

շահ • (šah)

1. profit, interest, fruit, gain, lucre; advantage, good, benefit, utility, emolument

   շահ օգտի/օգտութեան ― šah ōgti/ōgtutʻean ― utility

   սէր շահու ― sēr šahu ― love of lucre

   ի շահ օգտի իւրեանց ― i šah ōgti iwreancʻ ― for their advantage; for the benefit of them

   ոչ առ ի շահ ինչ օգտի բարբառիմ ― očʻ aṙ i šah inčʻ ōgti barbaṙim ― be sure I speak disinterestedly

   ի շահսս հարկանիլ, շահու զհետ լինել, կրթիլ, մտանել ― i šahss harkanil, šahu zhet linel, krtʻil, mtanel ― to become avaricious, to be greedy of gain

   շահ բերել ― šah berel ― to be profitable, to profit, to produce gains

   բառնալ զշահ ուրուք ― baṙnal zšah urukʻ ― to clip a person's profits or gains

2. interest, usury

   ի շահ ածել ― i šah acel ― to invest, to put out at interest

• Armenian: շահ (šah)

The origin is uncertain.

շահ • (šah)

1. kind of a dance

   շահս առնել ― šahs aṙnel ― to dance

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