خاج

See also: حاج, چاچ, and خاچ

Persian

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xɑːd͡ʒ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [xɑːd͡ʒ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [xɔːd͡ʒ̥]

Borrowed from Middle Armenian խաչ (xačʻ, “cross”), from Old Armenian խաչ (xačʻ, “crucifix; cross”).^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]

خاج • (xâj)

^ Hübschmann, Heinrich (1895) Persische Studien [Persian Studies] (in German), Strasbourg: K.J. Trübner, page 227
^ Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 158
^ Horn, Paul (1898–1901) “Neupersische Schriftsprache [New Persian written language]”, in Geiger, Wilhelm, Kuhn, Ernst, editors, Grundriß der iranischen Philologie [Outline of Iranian Philology] (in German), volume I, part II, Strassburg: K. J. Trübner, page 8
^ Lidén, Evald (1927) “Der armenische Name des Kreuzes”, in Handes Amsorya‎^[1] (in German), volume 41, numbers 11–12, columns 765–766
^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “խաչ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 334b
^ Solta, G. R. (1960) Die Stellung des Armenischen im Kreise der indogermanischen Sprachen (Studien zur armenischen Geschichte; 9)‎^[2] (in German), Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, page 309
^ Asatryan, Gaṙnik (1990) “Ardyokʻ ka^?n haykakan pʻoxaṙutʻyunner nor parskerenum [Are There Armenian Borrowings in New Persian?]”, in Patma-banasirakan handes [Historical-Philological Journal]‎^[3] (in Armenian), number 3, page 144 of 139–144
^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2015-04-29) “haç”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

خاج • (xâj)