haça

== Azerbaijani == === Etymology === Compare Turkish haça, Georgian ხაჭა (xač̣a), Armenian խեչ (xečʻ), խեչակ (xečʻak), Old Armenian խաչ (xačʻ), Tajik ҳачча (hačča), Mongolian ац (ac). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.). === Noun === haça (definite accusative haçanı, plural haçalar) fork, branch, prong crotch ==== Usage notes ==== For the sense 'eating utensil', see çəngəl. ==== Declension ==== === References === Orucov, Əliheydər, editor (2006), “haça”, in Azərbaycan dilinin izahlı lüğəti [Explanatory Dictionary of the Azerbaijani Language]‎[1] (in Azerbaijani), 2nd edition, volume 2, Baku: Şərq-Qərb == Turkish == === Etymology === Usually said to be borrowed from Armenian խեչ (xečʻ), խեչակ (xečʻak), but this is uncertain. Akin to Azerbaijani haça. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [hɑt͡ʃɑ] Hyphenation: ha‧ça === Noun === haça (dialectal, Iğdır) a forked prop that supports tree branches (dialectal, Arpaçay) fork ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Armenian: հա՛չա (háčʻa) === References === “haça”, in Türkiye'de halk ağzından derleme sözlüğü [Compilation Dictionary of Popular Speech in Turkey] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963–1982 Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973), “խէչ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 362b Dankoff, Robert (1995), Armenian Loanwords in Turkish (Turcologica; 21), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, § 239, page 61