Խաղաբ

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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From Classical Syriac ܚܵܠܵܒ (Ḥalab).[1] Doublet of Հալեպ (Halep).

Proper noun

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Խաղաբ (Xałab)

  1. Aleppo (a city in Syria)
    • 7th century, Sebēos, Patmutʻiwnʻ [History] 10:[2][3]
      Եւ գնացեալ ընդ արևմուտս զուղիղ ճանապարհ երթեալ մտին ի քաղաքն՝ որ կոչի Խաղաբ․ եւ դադարեցին անդ։
      Ew gnacʻeal ənd arewmuts zułił čanaparh ertʻeal mtin i kʻałakʻn, or kočʻi Xałab; ew dadarecʻin and.
      • 1999 translation by Robert W. Thomson
        Taking the direct road to the west, they entered the city called Khałab and stopped there.

References

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  1. ^ Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 293
  2. ^ Sebēos (1979) G. V. Abgaryan, editor, Patmutʻiwn Sebēosi, Yerevan: Academy Press, critical text with introduction and commentary, page 75
  3. ^ Thomson, Robert W. (1999) The Armenian History attributed to Sebeos (Translated Texts for Historians; 31)‎[1], historical commentary by James Howard-Johnston; assistance from Tim Greenwood, Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, page 18