خاچ

See also: خاج, حاج, and چاچ

Central Kurdish

Etymology

From Old Armenian խաչ (xačʻ).

Noun

خاچ (xaç)

1. cross

References

• 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

خاچ

Alternative forms

• خاج (hac), هاچ (haç)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Armenian խաչ (xačʻ, “cross”).

Noun

خاچ • (haç)

1. cross, a geometrical figure consisting of two straight lines intersecting each other

   Synonym: صلیب (salib)

2. cross, a wooden post with a perpendicular beam attached and used to execute criminals

   Synonyms: چارمیخ (çarmıh), چلیپا (çelipa), صلیب (salib)

3. crucifix, a sculptural representation of Christ on a cross, usually displayed in churches

   Synonyms: استاوروس (istavros), چلیپا (çelipa), صلیب (salib)

4. 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

Noun

خاچ • (xâč)

1. Alternative spelling of خاج