хачик

Russian

Etymology

From a common Armenian male given name Խաչիկ (Xačʻik), diminutive of Խաչատուր (Xačʻatur), which means “given by cross” and is composed of խաչ (xačʻ, “cross”) + տուր (tur, “something given”), from տալ (tal, “to give”).

The stereotyping of the name Khachik after Armenians perhaps explained in part by the very popular character of товарищ Хачикян (Рубик-джан) from the 1977 Soviet movie Mimino, played by an Armenian actor Frunzik Mkrtchyan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈxat͡ɕɪk]

Noun

ха́чик • (xáčik) m anim (genitive ха́чика, nominative plural ха́чики, genitive plural ха́чиков, feminine ха́чка)

1. (offensive, ethnic slur) Armenian person
2. (offensive, ethnic slur) commonly of any person native to the Caucasus region (Georgian, Azerbaijani, Chechen, Armenian, Abkhazian, etc.)

Declension

Declension of ха́чик (anim masc-form velar-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	ха́чик xáčik	ха́чики xáčiki
genitive	ха́чика xáčika	ха́чиков xáčikov
dative	ха́чику xáčiku	ха́чикам xáčikam
accusative	ха́чика xáčika	ха́чиков xáčikov
instrumental	ха́чиком xáčikom	ха́чиками xáčikami
prepositional	ха́чике xáčike	ха́чиках xáčikax

Synonyms

• (an Armenian): армяни́н (armjanín), армяшка (armjaška)
• (person from Caucasus): а́ра (ára), кавка́зец (kavkázec), лицо́ кавка́зской национа́льности (licó kavkázskoj nacionálʹnosti), хач (xač)

Derived terms

• хач (xač)