աւաղ

Etymology
The etymology is. Ačaṙean rules out a borrowing from semantically identical and phonetically similar, since this would yield instead, and considers it more plausible that the word was borrowed into Persian in the period of Armenian where  was pronounced like a guttural fricative.

Note that 🇨🇬 reveals an additional meaning "lean, emaciated".

Interjection

 * 1) alas! an exclamation of sorrow, regret, or grief