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 (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), Armenian Catholicos of Cilicia Sahak III Bagratuni, presiding prince of Armenia () Sahak Sevada, 10th-century Armenian prince () Sultan Sahak, 15th-century Kurdish religious founder and leader Sahak II Mashalian (born 1962), Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople since 2019 Sahak Karapetyan (1906–1987), Armenian Soviet physiologist and politician Sahak Parparyan (born 1988), Armenian kickboxer Sahak Sahakyan (1929–2010), Armenian sculptor and artist Sahak Ter-Gabrielyan (1886–1937), Soviet Armenian politician Sahak Torosyan (1885–1940), Armenian politician
See also Ashot-Sahak of Vaspurakan, King of Vaspurakan ()
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