خاچ
Central Kurdish
Etymology
From Old Armenian խաչ (xačʿ).
References
- Jaba, Auguste; Justi, Ferdinand (1879) Dictionnaire Kurde-Français [Kurdish–French Dictionary], Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (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
خاچ
Alternative forms
- خاج (hac), هاچ (haç)
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Armenian խաչ (xačʿ, “cross”).
Noun
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
- Synonyms: چارمیخ (çarmıh), چلیپا (çelipa), صلیب (salib)
- crucifix, a sculptural representation of Christ on a cross, usually displayed in churches
- Synonyms: استاوروس (istavros), چلیپا (çelipa), صلیب (salib)
- sign of the cross, a common gesture of the hand performed by Christians
- Synonym: استاوروس (istavros)
Derived terms
- خاچ چیقارمق (haç çıkarmak, “to make the sign of the Cross”)
- خاچلامق (haçlamak, “to crucify”)
- خاچلو (haçlı, “crossed”)
- خاچواری (haçvari, “cross-shaped”)
Descendants
- Turkish: haç
Further reading
- 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, 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, 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, Vienna, column 1830
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “haç”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “خاچ”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 818
Persian
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