խաչ

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Armenian [edit]

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Etymology [edit]

From Old Armenian խաչ (xačʿ); see it for more.

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Noun [edit]

խաչ  (xačʿ)

  1. cross
    սուրբ խաչ — holy cross

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Old Armenian [edit]

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Etymology [edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *khaty-, from *khet- (stake, picket). An ablaut of խոչ (xočʿ, a piece of wood, stone protruding from ground upon which one may stumble, an obstacle) and խէչ (xēčʿ, prop, stay, on which plants are supported). Thus, the initial meaning of the word was "stake, stick". The only surviving cognate is Persian خاده (xāda, a straight branch; a broom-stick; an oar; a coal-rake; a gibbet).

Noun [edit]

խաչ  (xačʿ)  (singular genitive խաչի, plural genitive խաչից)

  1. crucifix
    ի խաչ հանել (i xačʿ hanel) — to crucify
    կախել զխաչէ (kaxel zxačʿē) — to crucify
    ի խաչ ելանել (i xačʿ elanel) — to be crucified
    սուրբ խաչ (surb xačʿ) — the Cross, the Holy Rood
  2. (figuratively) cross, sorrows, tribulation
  3. cross
    խաչ առնել, հանել (xačʿ aṙnel, hanel) — to make the sign of the cross, to cross oneself
  4. (in the plural) crossroads

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References [edit]

  • խաչ in Hračʿeay Ačaṙean (1926–35), Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran (Yerevan: Yerevan State University), 2nd ed., 1971–79
  • խաչ in G. Awetikʿean, X. Siwrmēlean, M. Awgerean (1836–37), Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui (Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy)
  • խաչ in Mathias Bedrossian (1879), New Dictionary Armenian-English (Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy)