Գալեմճյան

Armenian

Alternative forms

  • Քալեմջյան (Kʻalemǰyan), Գալեմջյան (Galemǰyan)

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish قلمجی (kalemci) + -յան (-yan). The Eastern Armenian pronunciation is a spelling pronunciation.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Գալեմճյան • (Galemčyan) (traditional orthography spelling Գալէմճեան or Գալեմճեան)

  1. a surname originating as an occupation

Declension

Descendants

  • English: Kalemjyan, Kalemjian, Kallemdjian
  • French: Kalemdjian
  • Russian: Калемджя́н (Kalemdžján)
  • Turkish: Kalemciyan

References

  • Avetisyan, Tigran (2000) “Գալեմճյան”, 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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