աշխատ

Etymology
An borrowing, probably  because of the prothetic a-. Compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. Further connections outside of Indo-Iranian uncertain.

Noun

 * 1) toil, work; torture, trouble

Usage notes
The word is not used independently (but is found in compounds) apart from the two idioms mentioned above.