Քարամանյան

Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish قرامان (Karaman, a city) +‎ -յան (-yan) or Ottoman Turkish قرامان (karaman, “swarthy”) +‎ -յան (-yan).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Քարամանյան • (Kʻaramanyan) (traditional orthography spelling Քարամանեան)

  1. a surname transferred from the nickname or place name

Declension

Descendants

  • → English: Karamanyan, Karamanian
  • → Greek: Καραμανιάν (Karamanián)
  • → Russian: Караманя́н (Karamanján)

References

  • Avetisyan, Tigran (2000) “Կարամանյան”, 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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