Քեշիշյան

Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish كشیش (keşiş, “priest”) +‎ -յան (-yan, “patronymic suffix”).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Քեշիշյան • (Kʻešišyan)

  1. a surname originating as an occupation.

Declension

Descendants

  • → English: Keshishyan, Keshishian
  • → French: Kechichian
  • → Russian: Кешишя́н (Kešišján)
  • → Turkish: Keşişyan

References

  • Avetisyan, Tigran (2000) “Քեշիշյան”, 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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