Where does “haç” come from?

haç (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish حج, from Arabic حَجّ, from Arabic حَجَّ — to convince with legal arguments; to make the...

haç (Turkish): Christian cross

Definitions

  1. Christian cross

Ancestry of “haç”, step by step

haç traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish حج

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishحجhajj, pilgrimage to Mecca
2Arabicحَجّpilgrimage
3Arabicحَجَّto convince with legal arguments; to make the...

via Ottoman Turkish خاچ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishخاچcross, a geometrical figure consisting of two straight lines intersecting each other
2Middle Armenianխաչcross
3Classical Armenianխաչ—

via Armenian խաչ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Armenianխաչcross; the cross; cross, sorrows, tribulation
2Old Armenianխաչcrucifix; the cross; cross, sorrows, tribulation

Words derived from “haç”

Every word from Arabic حَجَّ →Every word from Arabic حَجّ →Every word from Ottoman Turkish حج →
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