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Hayk ((アルメニア語:Հայկ)) or Hayg, also known as Haik Nahapet (Հայկ Նահապետ, Hayk the Tribal Chief) is the legendary patriarch and founder of the Armenian nation. His story is told in the ''History of Armenia'' attributed to the Armenian historian Moses of Chorene (410 to 490). == Etymology == The name of the patriarch, ''Hayk'' is not exactly homophonous with the name for "Armenia", ''Hayk’''. Հայք ''Hayk’'' is the nominative plural in Classical Armenian of հայ (''hay''), the Armenian term for "Armenian." Some claim that the etymology of ''Hayq (Հայք) from Hayk (Հայկ) is impossible〔 and that origin of the term ''Hay'' ("Armenian") is verifiable.〔 Nevertheless, Hayk and Haig are usually connected to ''hay'' (հայ) and ''hayer'' (հայեր, the nominative plural in Modern Armenian), the self-designation of the Armenians. Hayk would then be an aitiological founding figure, like e.g. Asshur for the Assyrians, etc. One of Hayk's most famous scions, Aram, settled in Eastern Armenia from the Mitanni kingdom (Western Armenia), when Sargon II mentions a king of part of Armenia who bore the (Armenian-Indo-Iranian) name Bagatadi ("Theodore").〔International Standard Bible Encyclopedia; the ISBE uses the outdated terms "Aryan" for "Indo-European".〕 A connection was made in Armenian historiography of the Soviet era, with Hayasa mentioned in Hittite inscriptions.〔Eduard L. Danielian, "The Historical Background to the Armenian State Political Doctrine," 279–286 in Nicholas Wade, Armenian Perspectives (Surrey, UK, 1997) 279, citing E. Forrer, "Hajassa-Azzi," Caucasia, 9 (1931), and P. Kretschmer, "Der nationale Name der Armenier Haik," Anzeiger der Acad. der Wiss. in Wien, phil.-his. Klasse (1932), n. 1–7〕 The Armenian word ''haykakan'' or haigagan ((アルメニア語:հայկական), meaning "that which pertains to Armenians") finds its stem in this progenitor. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hayk」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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