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"The original Armenian name for the country was Hayq, later Hayastan, translated as the land of Haik, and consisting of the name Haik and the Sanskrit suffix '-stan' (land). According to legend, Haik was a great-great-grandson of Noah (son of Togarmah, who was a son of Gomer, a son of Noah's son, Yafet), and according to tradition, a forefather of all Armenians. Mount Ararat, a sacred mountain for the Armenian people, rising in the center of the Armenian Highland as its highest peak, is traditionally considered the landing place of Noah's Ark.

 

The name Armenia was given to the country by the surrounding states, as it was the name of the strongest tribe living in the historic Armenian lands, who called themselves Armens. It is traditionally derived from Armenak or Aram (the great-grandson of Haik's great-grandson, and another leader who is, according to Armenian tradition, the ancestor of all Armenians)."

 

 

From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Armenia

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"The original Armenian name for the country was Hayq, later Hayastan, translated as the land of Haik, and consisting of the name Haik and the Sanskrit suffix '-stan' (land). According to legend, Haik was a great-great-grandson of Noah (son of Togarmah, who was a son of Gomer, a son of Noah's son, Yafet), and according to tradition, a forefather of all Armenians. :o Mount Ararat, a sacred mountain for the Armenian people, rising in the center of the Armenian Highland as its highest peak, is traditionally considered the landing place of Noah's Ark.

 

The name Armenia was given to the country by the surrounding states, as it was the name of the strongest tribe living in the historic Armenian lands, who called themselves Armens. It is traditionally derived from Armenak or Aram (the great-grandson of Haik's great-grandson, and another leader who is, according to Armenian tradition, the ancestor of all Armenians)."

From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Armenia

 

thats not science or history, its legend!

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the name of the urartu god was haldi. but in those days, "l" stood for "y". so haydi=hayastan.

 

why would "l" stand for "y"? are you saying all urartian were "tlik"?

 

btw, is the turkish word "hayde" come from the same origin? how about franz haydn? is he urartian too?

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Son of Argishti, that's just one of the theories among many others and one that I find very unlikely.

You don't think it's more reasonable to assume that the name is derived from Hayassa?

 

From the Behistun inscription regarding Nebuchadnezzar IV (Arakha):

 

"Darius the King says: While I was in Persia and Media, again a second time the Babylonians became rebellious from me. One man named Arakha, an Armenian, son of Haldita -- he rose up in Babylon. A district named Dubala -- from there he thus lied to the people: "I am Nebuchadrezzar the son of Nabonidus." Thereupon the Babylonian people became rebellious from me, (and) went over to that Arakha. He seized Babylon; he became king in Babylon. "

 

It's interesting that in the 6th century there was an Armenian with the name Haldita.

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Harut, the reason that Hayk and Xald could easily be the same is because in Armenian, "l" and "y" are often interchangable. For example, the word "galis em" in some dialects is "kayis em." Same with H and X--Vanetsis sometimes say "Xayk" instead of "Hayk" even today. The Urartuans could be speaking one such dialect of ancient Armenian, and their god's name could have passed to other Armenian dialects.

 

Lehman Haupt showed that that Urartuans called themselves sons of Khald. Prof. Meschannikov was the one suggesting that Hayk is Xald. In that case, the self-name of Armenians becomes exactly as Khorenatsi described--they identified themselves with their god/patriarch, called themselves sons of Xald/Hayk, and that's the name that they ended up collectively applying to themselves.

 

The Behistun inscription could be saying that the particular person was son of Xald--i.e. "Son of Hayk," meaning Armenian. Remember what medieval Armenian historians called all Armenians--Haykazun, i.e. "son of Hayk."

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