See also: խադ

Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian Խադ (Xad).

Pronunciation edit

Proper noun edit

Խադ (Xad)

  1. A male given name of historical usage, Khad, Khat

Declension edit

Old Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From խադ (xad, a kind of sword). Typologically compare the names Old Armenian Սուր (Sur), Turkish Kılıç, Arabic سَيْف (sayf), all from the word for "sword".

Proper noun edit

Խադ (Xad)

  1. a male given name, Khad or Xad
    • 5th century, Pʻawstos Buzand, Hayoc Patmutʻiwnʻ [History of the Armenians] IV.12:[1]
      Բայց ի ժամանակեան միոջ եկին գողք, եւ գողացան զեզինս եկեղեցւոյն սրբոյ զԽադայ եպիսկոպոսին, առին եւ գնացին։ Իսկ ի միում աւուր աչք կուրացեալ եղեն գողոցն, եւ ինքեանք յանիմաստս առ խարխափս եկին ածին ի դուրս սրբոյն Խադայ զամենայն եզինսն։
      Baycʻ i žamanakean mioǰ ekin gołkʻ, ew gołacʻan zezins ekełecʻwoyn srboy zXaday episkoposin, aṙin ew gnacʻin. Isk i mium awur ačʻkʻ kuracʻeal ełen gołocʻn, ew inkʻeankʻ yanimasts aṙ xarxapʻs ekin acin i durs srboyn Xaday zamenayn ezinsn.
      • Translation by Nina G. Garsoïan
        And on one occasion thieves came, stole and carried off oxen belonging to the church of the holy bishop Xad, but on the next day the eyes of the thieves were blinded so that they groped their way senselessly and themselves brought all the oxen to the door of St. Xad.

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: Խադ (Xad)

References edit

  1. ^ Garsoïan, Nina G. (1989) The Epic Histories Attributed to P‘awstos Buzand (Buzandaran Patmut‘iwnk‘)[1], Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, page 136

Further reading edit

  •   Խադ (անձնանուն) on the Armenian Wikipedia.Wikipedia hy
  • Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1944) “Խադ”, in Hayocʻ anjnanunneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Personal Names of Armenians] (Erewani petakan hamalsaran. Gitakan ašxatutʻyunner; 24) (in Armenian), volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 442
  • Garsoïan, Nina G. (1989) The Epic Histories Attributed to P‘awstos Buzand (Buzandaran Patmut‘iwnk‘)[2], Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, page 428, tentatively deriving from Syriac ḥad "to take, grasp", meaning ܐܚܕ (ʾeḥaḏ)
  • Justi, Ferdinand (1895) “Xad”, in Iranisches Namenbuch[3] (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 169b