Թելֆեյան

Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish تلوه (telve) + -յան (-yan) or a development of Թելֆեջյան (Tʻelfeǰyan).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Թելֆեյան • (Tʻelfeyan)

  1. a surname transferred from the nickname or originating as an occupation

Declension

Descendants

  • English: Telfeyan, Telfeian
  • Bulgarian: Телфея́н (Telfeján)

References

  • Avetisyan, Tigran (2000) “Թելֆեյան”, 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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