خاچ
Central Kurdish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Armenian խաչ (xačʻ).
Noun edit
خاچ (xaç)
References edit
- Jaba, Auguste, Justi, Ferdinand (1879) Dictionnaire Kurde-Français [Kurdish–French Dictionary], Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “խաչ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
Ottoman Turkish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Middle Armenian խաչ (xačʻ, “cross”).
Noun edit
خاچ • (haç)
- cross, a geometrical figure consisting of two straight lines intersecting each other
- Synonym: صلیب (salib)
- cross, a wooden post with a perpendicular beam attached and used to execute criminals
- crucifix, a sculptural representation of Christ on a cross, usually displayed in churches
- sign of the cross, a common gesture of the hand performed by Christians
- Synonym: استاوروس (istavros)
Derived terms edit
- خاچ چیقارمق (haç çıkarmak, “to make the sign of the Cross”)
- خاچلامق (haçlamak, “to crucify”)
- خاچلو (haçlı, “crossed”)
- خاچواری (haçvari, “cross-shaped”)
Descendants edit
- Turkish: haç
Further reading edit
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “haç1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1829
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “خاچ”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 525
- Kerestedjian, Bedros (1912) “khatch”, in Kerest Haig, editor, Quelques matériaux pour un dictionnaire étymologique de la langue Turque (in French), London: Luzac & Co., page 347
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Crux”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum[2], Vienna, column 305
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “خاج”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[3], Vienna, column 1830
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “haç”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “خاچ”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[4], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 818
Persian edit
Noun edit
خاچ • (xâč)
- Alternative spelling of خاج