Borrowed from Aramaic שׁוּחָא / ܫܘܚܐ (/šūḥā/), also אֲשׁוּחִי (/ʾăšūḥī/), ࡀࡔࡅࡇࡀ (ašuẖa /ʾašūḥā/), from Akkadian 𒄑𒅇𒆪 (^(GIŠ)Ù.SUḪ₅ /ašūḫu/), from Hurrian 𒀸𒌋𒄭 (AŠ.U.ḪI /ašoḫe/, “fir; mealtime (due to cooking fumes)”), having the same ending as the source of Old Armenian անանուխ (ananux, “mint”).