խոնաւ

Etymology
Usually treated as a word of origin,  for which an Iranian explanation is to be sought.

Has been compared to 🇨🇬,, , , 🇨🇬, ,. Note also recorded by Orbeli in Moks. Ačaṙean considers the similarity accidental, because Justi derives the Kurdish from 🇨🇬,, containing. However, such a semantic development seems unlikely. / is probably connected with the Kurdish after all and is borrowed from its unknown  cognate. The ultimate origin of the Iranian etymon is perhaps the root, from , from , whence 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. ESIJa remarks that the Iranian reflexes of this root are commonly from the present stem:. Alternatively, the ultimate source is a different root:, from , whence 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. On these Iranian roots see Cheung and the ESIJa, without the Kurdish or Armenian. In either case, the second component may be a descendant of.

According to Dankoff, Turkish dialectal (Bitlis, Malatya),  (Van) are borrowed from Armenian. However, Ačaṙean does not record any dialectal descendants of, apart from Mush and Moks. The Turkish words are more likely borrowed from Kurdish, given the more suitable meanings and forms in Kurdish. Moks may also be borrowed from Kurdish, which has the meaning "drizzling rain".

Adjective

 * 1) humid, damp, wet, moist

Noun

 * 1) humidity