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Sahak (name)
Sahak or Sahag () is an Armenian male given name equivalent to English Isaac. It was originally a popular form of the name (), formed by apheresis of the first unstressed syllable. was borrowed into Classical Armenian from the Greek , which derives from Hebrew . The Armenian surnames Sahakyan, Ter-Sahakyan and Isahakyan come from this name. Forms and derivatives The original form is much less common than the form Sahak. A female derivative, or , formed from the name Sahak and the word , meaning 'sweet', is recorded as the name of the daughter of Catholicos Sahak in the 4th century. Another female derivative is , which is a combination of the name Sahak with the Persian word , meaning 'daughter'. Notable people Sahak * Sahak (350–438), Catholicos of the Armenian Church * Sahak I, 4th-century Armenian Catholicos *Sahak III, Catholicos of the Armenian Church * Sahak II Bagratuni, marzban (frontier commander) of Armenia in 482 * Sahak II of Cilicia (1849–1939), Armen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastern Armenian
Eastern Armenian () is one of the two standardized forms of Modern Armenian, the other being Western Armenian. The two standards form a pluricentric language. Eastern Armenian is spoken in Armenia, Russia, as well as Georgia, and by the Armenian community in Iran. Although the Eastern Armenian spoken by Armenians in Armenia and Iranian-Armenians are similar, there are pronunciation differences with different inflections. Armenians from Iran also have some words that are unique to them. Due to migrations of speakers from Armenia and Iran to the Armenian diaspora, the dialect is now very prominent in countries and regions where only Western Armenian was used. Eastern Armenian is based on the Yerevan dialect. Official status and recognition Eastern Armenian is, for the most part, mutually intelligible by educated or literate users of Western Armenian – and vice versa. Conversely, semi-literate or illiterate users of lower registers of either variety may have difficulty und ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Persian Language
Persian ( ), also known by its endonym and exonym, endonym Farsi (, Fārsī ), is a Western Iranian languages, Western Iranian language belonging to the Iranian languages, Iranian branch of the Indo-Iranian languages, Indo-Iranian subdivision of the Indo-European languages. Persian is a pluricentric language predominantly spoken and used officially within Iran, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan in three mutual intelligibility, mutually intelligible standard language, standard varieties, respectively Iranian Persian (officially known as ''Persian''), Dari, Dari Persian (officially known as ''Dari'' since 1964), and Tajik language, Tajiki Persian (officially known as ''Tajik'' since 1999).Siddikzoda, S. "Tajik Language: Farsi or not Farsi?" in ''Media Insight Central Asia #27'', August 2002. It is also spoken natively in the Tajik variety by a significant population within Uzbekistan, as well as within other regions with a Persianate society, Persianate history in the cultural sphere o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sahak Torosyan
Sahak David Torosyan (, 1885 - October 8, 1940) was an Armenian politician Biography Torosyan was born in the village of Parbi in Ashtarak region, in Armenia in 1885. He studied at elementary school in Ashtarak, then entered the Echmiadzin Seminary. In 1907, he was appointed a senior lecturer at Oshakan parish school. Torosyan has been a member of the ARF (Armenian Revolutionary Federation) since 1907. In 1909, at the suggestion of the ARF Authorities, he moved to Tbilisi to work as a correspondent for the newspaper “Horizon”. Meanwhile, he gave lectures at Gayanian female school. In 1912, he became the leader of the ARF Bureau in Etchmiadzin. Torosyan was invited to Yerevan as a teacher of Armenian History and Literature at Diocesan and Gayanian schools. In 1914, he was elected a member of the ARF Central Committee of Tbilisi. During his stay in Tbilisi and Etchmiadzin he used to do translations and engaged in fiction writing. In 1917, Sahak Torosyan was appointed May ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sahak Ter-Gabrielyan
Sahak Mirzayi Ter-Gabrielyan (; 1886 – 19 August 1937) was a Bolshevik revolutionary and Soviet Armenia The Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic (ArSSR), also known as Soviet Armenia, or simply Armenia, was one of the Republics of the Soviet Union, constituent republics of the Soviet Union, located in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Soviet Armenia ...n statesman. Born in Shushi to the family of a tailor, he became a member of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party in 1902. From 1904, he was a communist activist in Baku. In 1918 during the period of the Baku Commune, he was the minister of oil and the chairman of the Emergency Commission. In 1920 he served as a member of the Revolutionary Committee of Armenia, then in 1921 became the permanent representative of Armenian SSR (later from 1923 to 1928 – of the Transcaucasian SFSR) in the Russian SFSR. From 1928 to 1935 he was the Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of Armenian SSR (equivalent of prime ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sahak Karapetyan
Sahak Karapetovich Karapetyan (, 16 May 1906 – 6 December 1987) was a Soviet and Armenian Armenian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Armenia, a country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia * Armenians, the national people of Armenia, or people of Armenian descent ** Armenian diaspora, Armenian communities around the ... physiologist and politician. Karapetyan served as the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic from 1947 to 1952. References 1906 births 1987 deaths 20th-century biologists People from Armavir, Armenia Communist Party of the Soviet Union members Ministers of foreign affairs of Armenia Prime ministers of Armenia Second convocation members of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union Third convocation members of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union Recipients of the Order of Friendship of Peoples Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour Armenian physiologists Soviet Armenians ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingdom Of Vaspurakan
The Kingdom of Vaspurakan (; also transliterated as Vasbouragan from Western Armenian) was a medieval Armenian kingdom centered on Lake Van, located in what is now eastern Turkey and northwestern Iran. It was named after Vaspurakan, a province of historic Greater Armenia. Ruled by the Artsruni dynasty, it competed and cooperated with the Bagratuni-ruled Kingdom of Armenia for a little over a century until its last king ceded the kingdom to the Byzantine Empire in 1021. History The Kingdom of Vaspurakan was ruled by the Artsruni dynasty, an ancient Armenian noble family. The Artsrunis had built up their power base in Vaspurakan in the 9th century while Arab rule was waning. The Bagratunis, on the other hand, were consolidating their control over Armenia. In 885, Ashot I Bagratuni received recognition as King of Armenia. In 908, during the reign of Ashot's successor Smbat I, Gagik I Artsruni was recognized as king by the Sajid ruler Yusuf and allied with the latter to at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashot-Sahak Of Vaspurakan
Ashot-Sahak Artsruni (died 991) was the fourth King of Vaspurakan, from the Artsruni dynasty. On the death of his father Abusahl-Hamazasp in 968/969, the kingdom was divided among his three sons, and Ashot, as the eldest, retained the royal title and the suzerainty over his younger brothers. On his death he was succeeded as king by his brother Gurgen-Khachik, who bypassed the rights of Ashot's sons. References 991 deaths 10th-century monarchs of Vaspurakan Artsruni dynasty Year of birth unknown 10th-century Armenian people {{Armenia-royal-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sahak Sevada
Sahak Sevada () was ruler of Gardman between 895940 and father-in-law of King Ashot II of Armenia. He was the son of Grigol Hamam and brother of Atrnerseh, ruler of Hereti. His possessions covered Parisos, a district of Artsakh, as well as part of Utik-Gardman and Dzoroget. In Book III of the medieval Armenian text ''The History of the Country of Albania'', Sahak Sevada is described as a "brave and capable man" who was a "lover of letters and appointed writers to his household." The author adds that " Smbat, king of Armenia, fought against him ahak Sevadawith zeal and skill, but could not bring him to submission." Sahak's contemporary, Catholicos Hovhannes Draskhanakerttsi, describes him as a man of "great wisdom." The author of ''The History of the Country of Albania'' writes that Sahak Sevada had two sons, Grigor and Davit, and several grandsons and great-grandsons through Grigor, one of whom, John Senekerim, later became ruler of Hereti. Historian Bagrat Ulubabyan consider ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sahak III Bagratuni
Sahak III Bagratuni was an Armenian noble of the Bagratuni (Bagratid) family. He served as presiding prince of Armenia under Abbasid rule in 754–761. He was succeeded by Smbat VII Bagratuni Smbat VII Bagratuni (; died 25 April 775) was an Armenian noble of the Bagratuni (Bagratid) family. He and his brother Vasak were the sons of Ashot III Bagratuni. He served as presiding prince of Armenia in 761–775, playing a leading role i .... Sources * * * Bagratuni dynasty 8th-century monarchs in Asia Vassal rulers of the Abbasid Caliphate 8th-century Armenian people Princes of Armenia {{Armenia-royal-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sahak II Of Cilicia
Sahak II or Isaac II, last name Khabayan () (March 25, 1849 – October 8, 1939), was Catholicos of Cilicia of the Armenian Apostolic Church in 1902–1939. Born in the village of Yeghiki in Kharpert, he received his religious training in Constantinople and Jerusalem. He was Catholicos of Cilicia during the tumultuous years of the Armenian genocide, and was first exiled from the see's seat in Sis, and then again after relocating to Adana. From 1921 the Catholicos wandered the Middle East from place to place with no permanent home. By 1929, aged 80 and weary, Catholicos Sahak appealed for help to the Near East Relief organization, which had built several orphanages for orphaned Armenian children fleeing the genocide. One of these orphanages was in the town of Antelias near Beirut, Lebanon, which they leased to the Catholicos for one dollar a year. Sahak also sought to bring his dream for an Armenian theological seminary to life at this site, since all seminaries A seminary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marzban
Marzbān, or Marzpān (Middle Persian: 𐭬𐭫𐭱𐭰𐭠𐭭𐭯 transliteration: mrzwpn, derived from Middle Persian: 𐭬𐭫𐭱 ''marz'' "border, boundary" and the Middle Persian suffix: 𐭡𐭭𐭯 ''-pān'' "guardian"; Modern Persian: ''Marzbān'') were a class of margraves, warden of the marches, and by extension military commanders, in charge of border provinces of the Parthian Empire (247 BC–224 AD) and mostly Sasanian Empire (224–651 AD) of Iran. Etymology The Persian word ''marz'' is derived from Avestan ''marəza'' "frontier, border"; ''pān/pāvan'' is cognate with Avestan and Old Persian ''pat'' "protector". The word was borrowed from New Persian into Arabic as ''marzubān'' (plural ''marāziba''). " Al-Marzubani" () has been used as a '' nisba'' (family title) for some Iranian families whose ancestor was a marzbān. The prominent Islamic scholar Abu Hanifa, whose formal name is given in Islamic sources as Nu'man ibn Thabit ibn Zuta ''ibn Marzubān'' () ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sahak II Bagratuni
Sahak II Bagratuni (Armenian: Սահակ Բ Բագրատունի), was an Armenian nobleman from the Bagratuni dynasty. He served as the marzban of Persian Armenia briefly in 482. Biography Sahak II was the son of Tirots I Bagratuni, an Armenian ''aspet''. When Tirots died in 451, Sahak II was given the aspet title. In 475, the Mamikonian princess Shushanik, was murdered by her husband Prince Varsken, who was a convert to Zoroastrianism, and was related to the Mihran family. The reason for this murder was because she had refused to convert to Zoroastrianism and wanted to stay Christian. Varsken, because of his actions was in 482 executed by Vakhtang I, king of Iberia. The Sasanian shah Peroz I shortly sent an army to punish Vakhtang for intervening. However, Vakhtang was joined by the Armenians, and a revolt broke out in Armenia, led by Vahan I Mamikonian and Sahak II. Vahan and Sahak managed to defeat the marzban Adhur Gushnasp, and Sahak was shortly declared by Vahan and the oth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
