Գարճյան

Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish قارجی (karcı, snow seller) + -յան (-yan). The Eastern Armenian pronunciation is a spelling pronunciation.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Գարճյան • (Garčyan)

  1. a surname originating as an occupation

Declension

Descendants

  • English: Karjian, Karjyan
  • French: Kardjian
  • Russian: Карджя́н (Kardžján)
  • Turkish: Karcıyan

References

  • Avetisyan, Tigran (2000) “Գարճյան”, 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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