Խաղաբ

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Classical Syriac ܚܵܠܵܒ‎ (Ḥalab).[1] Doublet of Հալեպ (Halep).

Proper noun

Խաղաբ • (Xałab)

  1. Aleppo (a city in Syria)
    • 7th century, Sebēos, Patmutʿiwnʿ [History] 10:[2][3]
      Եւ գնացեալ ընդ արևմուտս զուղիղ ճանապարհ երթեալ մտին ի քաղաքն՝ որ կոչի Խաղաբ․ եւ դադարեցին անդ։
      Ew gnacʿeal ənd arewmuts zułił čanaparh ertʿeal mtin i kʿałakʿn, or kočʿi Xałab; ew dadarecʿin and.
      • 1999 translation by Robert W. Thomson
        Taking the direct road to the west, they entered the city called Khałab and stopped there.

References
  1. Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 293
  2. Sebēos (1979), G. V. Abgaryan, editor, Patmutʿiwn Sebēosi [Sebeos' History], critical text with introduction and commentary, Yerevan: Academy Press, page 75
  3. Thomson, Robert W. (1999) The Armenian History attributed to Sebeos (Translated Texts for Historians; 31), historical commentary by James Howard-Johnston; assistance from Tim Greenwood, Liverpool University Press, page 18
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