Քյուրքչյան

Armenian

Alternative forms

  • Քյուրքճյան (Kʿyurkʿčyan), Քյուրքջյան (Kʿyurkʿǰyan), Քուրքչյան (Kʿurkʿčʿyan), Քուրքջյան (Kʿurkʿǰyan), Քուրքճյան (Kʿurkʿčyan)

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish كوركجی (kürkcü) + -յան (-yan).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Քյուրքչյան • (Kʿyurkʿčʿyan) (traditional orthography spelling Քիւրքչեան)

  1. a surname originating as an occupation

Declension

Descendants

  • English: Kurkjian, Kurkdjian, Kurkchyan, Kurkchian
  • French: Kurkdjian, Kourkdjian
  • Russian: Кюркчя́н (Kjurkčján), Кюркчия́н (Kjurkčiján), Кюркчья́н (Kjurkčʹján), Кюркджя́н (Kjurkdžján)
  • Turkish: Kürkcüyan

References

  • Avetisyan, Tigran (2000), Քյուրքչյան”, in V. M. Grigoryan, Ṙ. L. Uṙutyan, editors, Hayocʿ azganunneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Surnames] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Van Aryan, →ISBN, page 363b
  • Palatuni, Azniw (2003), “Čančʿnankʿ spʿiwṙkʿi mer tʿrkʿakan makanunnerə [Turkish-origin surnames in the diaspora]”, in Azat Or (in Armenian), volume 69, issue 20082, Athens, page 4
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