Մահջուբյան

Armenian

Alternative forms

  • Մահջուբեան (Mahǰubean) traditional orthography
  • Մախճուբյան (Maxčubyan), Մահճուբյան (Mahčubyan)

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish محجوب (mahcub, ashamed, bashful) + -յան (-yan).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Մահջուբյան • (Mahǰubyan)

  1. a surname transferred from the nickname

Declension

Descendants

  • English: Mahjoubian
  • Russian: Махджубя́н (Maxdžubján)
  • Turkish: Mahçupyan

References

  • Avetisyan, Tigran (2000) “Մահջուբյան”, 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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