Տամատյան

Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish داماد (damat, bridegroom; son-in-law; damat (Ottoman title)) + -յան (-yan). Compare Turkish Damat, a male given name from the same source. The Eastern Armenian pronunciation is a spelling pronunciation.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Տամատյան • (Tamatyan)

  1. a surname

Declension

Descendants

  • English: Damadian, Damadyan, Tamatian, Tamatyan
  • Russian: Таматя́н (Tamatján)

Further reading

  • Avetisyan, Tigran (2000) “Տամատյան”, in V. M. Grigoryan, Ṙ. L. Uṙutyan, editors, Hayocʻ azganunneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Surnames] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Van Aryan, →ISBN, has an incorrect etymology
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2020–) “Damat”, in Nişanyan Adlar. Türkiye Kişi Adları Sözlüğü [Nişanyan Names. Turkey's Personal Names Dictionary], without the Armenian
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