Բաբաջանյան

Armenian

Etymology

From Բաբաջան (Babaǰan, a male given name) + -յան (-yan), from Ottoman Turkish باباجان (babacan, good-natured, pleasant, fatherly)

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Բաբաջանյան • (Babaǰanyan) (traditional orthography spelling Բաբաջանեան)

  1. a surname originating as a patronymic, Babajanian, Babajanyan

Declension

Further reading

  • Avetisyan, Tigran (2000) “Բաբաջանյան”, in V. M. Grigoryan, Ṙ. L. Uṙutyan, editors, Hayocʻ azganunneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Surnames] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Van Aryan, →ISBN
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