Բալջյան

Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish بالجی (balcı) + -յան (-yan).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Բալջյան • (Balǰyan) (traditional orthography spelling Բալջեան)

  1. a surname originating as an occupation

Declension

Descendants

  • English: Baljyan, Baljian, Palchyan, Palchian
  • French: Baldjian
  • Russian: Балджя́н (Baldžján), Палчя́н (Palčján)
  • Turkish: Balcıyan

References

  • Avetisyan, Tigran (2000) “Բալջյան”, in V. M. Grigoryan, Ṙ. L. Uṙutyan, editors, Hayocʻ azganunneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Surnames] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Van Aryan, →ISBN, page 41a
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