Hagop

Hakop (Armenian: Հակոբ in Eastern Armenian, pronounced hakob or Յակոբ in Western Armenian, pronounced hagop is a common Armenian first name. It is the Armenian version of Hebrew: יַעֲקֹב, Standard Yaʿaqob Tiberian Yaʿăqōḇ; Arabic: يعقوب, Yaʿqūb; "heel"; Septuagint Greek Ἰακώβ and thus a cognate of the English names Jacob and James. In the United States, a common English version is Jack.

It has been used in Armenian since pre-Christian times.

Its diminutive form is also common in the Armenian: Hakopik (Հակոբիկ or Յակոբիկ). It is sometimes used as a last name as well, by adding the "ian" suffix: Hagopian (Հակոբյան or Յակոբեան).

Notable people named Agop
  • Agop Dilaçar (or Hagop Martayan) (1895–1979), Armenian-Turkish linguist specialist in Turkic languages and the founder of the Latin-based modern Turkish alphabet [1][2]
  • Agop Jack Hacikyan (born 1931), 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
  • 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 (born 1936), 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

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References
  1. 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)
  2. 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).
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