хач

From a reanalysis of ха́чик (xáčik) as хач (xač) + -ик (-ik) (compare зонт (zont)), from a common Armenian male given name Խաչիկ (Xačʿik), diminutive of Խաչատուր (Xačʿatur), which means “given by cross” and is composed of խաչ (xačʿ, “cross”) + տուր (tur, “something given”), from տալ (tal, “to give”).

The stereotyping of the name Khachik after Armenians perhaps is explained in part by the very popular character of товарищ Хачикян (Рубик-джан) from the 1977 Soviet movie Mimino, played by an Armenian actor Frunzik Mkrtchyan.

• IPA^(key): [xat͡ɕ]

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хач • (xač) m anim (genitive хача́, nominative plural хачи́, genitive plural хаче́й, feminine хачи́ха)

1. (offensive, ethnic slur) Armenian person
2. (offensive, ethnic slur) commonly of any person native to the Caucasus region (Georgian, Azerbaijani, Chechen, Armenian, etc.)

• (an Armenian): (neutral) армяни́н (armjanín), (derogatory) армяш (armjaš), армяшка (armjaška), армен (armen), армэн (armɛn), хача́ (xačá), хачапурик (xačapurik), ха́чик (xáčik)
• (person from Caucasus): а́ра (ára), кавка́зец (kavkázec), чу́рка (čúrka), лицо́ кавка́зской национа́льности (licó kavkázskoj nacionálʹnosti), хача́ (xačá), хачапурик (xačapurik), ха́чик (xáčik), чёрный (čórnyj)

• хачьё (xačʹjó)

Borrowed from Armenian խաչ (xačʿ, “cross”).

хач • (xaç) (Latin spelling xaç)

1. cross

   Кызыл Хач — Red cross

Borrowed from Armenian խաչ (xačʿ, “cross”).

хач • (χač)

1. cross