Սուջյան

Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish صوجی (sucu, “seller of water”) +‎ -յան (-yan)

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Սուջյան • (Suǰyan) (traditional orthography spelling Սուջեան)

  1. a surname originating as an occupation

Declension

Descendants

  • → English: Sujyan, Sudjian, Sujian, Suddjian, Sudjyan
  • → French: Soudjian
  • → Russian: Суджя́н (Sudžján)
  • → Turkish: Suciyan, Sucuyan

References

  • Avetisyan, Tigran (2000) “Սուջյան”, in V. M. Grigoryan, Ṙ. L. Uṙutyan, editors, Hayocʻ azganunneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Surnames] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Van Aryan, →ISBN, page 324a
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