Hagop

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Hakob or Hagop (Armenian: Հակոբ; Eastern Armenian pronunciation: hɑˈkɔpʰ, Western Armenian pronunciation: hɑˈɡɔpʰ) is a common Armenian first name derived from Greek Ἰακώβ, Iakṓb, equivalent to English Jacob.[1] A common diminutive form is Hakobik (Հակոբիկ or Յակոբիկ).[1] The common Armenian surname Hakobyan/Hagopian (Հակոբյան or Յակոբեան) is derived from this name.[1]

Notable people named Agop[edit]

  • Agop Dilaçar (or Hagop Martayan) (1895–1979), Armenian-Turkish linguist specialist in Turkic languages and the founder of the Latin-based modern Turkish alphabet [2][3]
  • Agop Jack Hacikyan (1931–2015), Canadian-Armenian university Professor of Literary Studies, historian, academic and writer.
  • Agop Terzan (1927–2020), Armenian-French astronomer

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Notable people named Hagop[edit]

  • Hagop S. Akiskal, Armenian-American psychiatrist
  • Hagop Avesyan (born 1988), Armenian footballer
  • Hagop Baronian (1843–1891), influential Ottoman Armenian writer, satirist, educator, and social figure in the 19th century
  • Hagop Barsoumian (1936–1986), Armenian scholar and Armenology professor. Abducted in 1986, body never found
  • Hagop Chirishian (born 1989), American soccer player of Armenian origin
  • Hagop Der Hagopian, real name of Shahan Natalie, Armenian writer and revolutionary, and member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation
  • Hagop Goudsouzian, Armenian-Canadian film director known for film My Son Shall Be Armenian
  • Hagop Hagopian (or Agop Agopian) (1951–1988), founder and main leader of the Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia (ASALA)
  • Hakob Melik Hakobian, real name of famous Armenian novelist Raffi
  • Hagop Kassarjian (born 1946), Lebanese-Armenian politician, MP and minister
  • Hagop Kazazian Pasha (1833–1891), high-ranking Ottoman official of Armenian origin who served as the Minister of Finance and the Minister of the Privy Treasury during the reign of Sultan Abdul Hamid II
  • Hagop Kevorkian, (1872-1962), Armenian-American archeologist, connoisseur of art, collector
  • Hagop Oshagan (or Hakob Oshakan) (1883-1948), Armenian novelist, short story writer, playwright, and literary critic
  • Hagop Pakradounian, Lebanese-Armenian politician, MP
  • Hagop Sandaldjian (1931–1990), Egyptian-born Armenian American musician and microminiature sculptor

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Notable people named Hakob[edit]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Achaṛyan, Hrachʻya (1948). "YAKOB". Hayotsʻ andznanunneri baṛaran (in Armenian). Vol. III. Erevan: Petakan hamalsarani hratarakchʻutʻyun. pp. 481–516.
  2. ^ Aidan Russell (2019). Truth, Silence and Violence in Emerging States : Histories of the Unspoken. Milton: Routledge. ISBN 9781351141109. The modern Turkish alphabet based on Latin was composed by Hakob Martayan (Agop Dilâçar)
  3. ^ Adam J. Goldwyn; Renée M. Silverman (2016). Mediterranean modernism : intercultural exchange and aesthetic development. New York: Springer. p. 224. ISBN 9781137586568. With the establishment of the Turkish republic in 1923 and the language reforms initiated by Mustafa Kemal in 1928, the language went through a radical transformation: it would no longer be written in the Arabic alphabet but in the Latin, and it would be purified of its Arabic and Persian vocabulary. Concurrently, it would no longer be called Ottoman Turkish but simply Turkish. A language committee was established to adapt the Latin script to the phonetic demands of Turkish, resulting in a new alphabet of 29 letters. The script was founded by an Armenian, Hagop Martayan (1895-1979).