Sahak (name)

Sahak

Pronunciation	Eastern Armenian: [sɑˈhɑk] Western Armenian: [sɑˈhɑɡ]
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Armenian, from Greek, from Hebrew
Other names
Variant form(s)	Isahak

Sahak or Sahag (Armenian: Սահակ) is an Armenian male given name equivalent to English Isaac. It was originally a popular form of the name Isahak (Armenian: Իսահակ), formed by apheresis of the first unstressed syllable. Isahak was borrowed into Classical Armenian from the Greek Isaā́k, which derives from Hebrew Yīṣḥāq. The Armenian surnames Sahakyan, Ter-Sahakyan and Isahakyan come from this name.[1]

Forms and derivatives

The original form Isahak is much less common than the form Sahak.[1] A female derivative, Sahakanuysh or Sahakanush, formed from the name Sahak and the word anu(y)sh, meaning 'sweet', is recorded as the name of the daughter of Catholicos Sahak in the 4th century.[2] Another female derivative is Sahak(a)dukht, which is a combination of the name Sahak with the Persian word dukht, meaning 'daughter'.[3]

Notable people

• Sahak, Catholicos of the Armenian Church c. 387–439
• Sahak III, Catholicos of the Armenian Church c. 677–703
• Sahak II Bagratuni, marzban of Armenia in 482
• Sahak III Bagratuni, presiding prince of Armenia (r. 754–771)
• Sahak Sevada, 10th-century Armenian prince
• Ashot-Sahak, ruler of the Kingdom of Vaspurakan (r. 968/969–991)
• Sahak Ter-Gabrielyan, Soviet Armenian politician (1886–1937)
• Sahak Parparyan, Armenian kickboxer (b. 1988)
• Sahak II Mashalian, Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople since 2019

References

1. Achaṛyan, Hrachʻya (1948). "Sahak". Hayotsʻ andznanunneri baṛaran (in Armenian). Vol. IV. Erevan: Petakan hamalsarani hratarakchʻutʻyun. pp. 348–372.
2. Achaṛyan, Hrachʻya (1948). "Sahakanoysh". Hayotsʻ andznanunneri baṛaran (in Armenian). Vol. IV. Erevan: Petakan hamalsarani hratarakchʻutʻyun. p. 373.
3. Achaṛyan, Hrachʻya (1948). "Sahakadukht". Hayotsʻ andznanunneri baṛaran (in Armenian). Vol. IV. Erevan: Petakan hamalsarani hratarakchʻutʻyun. p. 372.