Բասմաջյան

Armenian

Alternative forms

  • Պասմաճյան (Pasmačyan), Բազմաջյան (Bazmaǰyan), Պասմաջյան (Pasmaǰyan)

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish باصمه‌جی (basmacı) + -յան (-yan).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Բասմաջյան • (Basmaǰyan) (traditional orthography spelling Բասմաջեան)

  1. a surname originating as an occupation

Declension

Descendants

  • Bulgarian: Басмаджиян (Basmadžijan)
  • English: Basmajyan, Basmajian, Bosmajian, Basmahjian, Bassmadjian, Basmagian, Bassmagian, Bassmajian
  • French: Basmadjian
  • Russian: Басмаджя́н (Basmadžján)
    • English: Basmadzhyan
  • Turkish: Basmacıyan
    • English: Basmaciyan

References

  • Avetisyan, Tigran (2000) “Բասմաջյան”, in V. M. Grigoryan, Ṙ. L. Uṙutyan, editors, Hayocʻ azganunneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Surnames] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Van Aryan, →ISBN, page 46b
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