Գաֆեսճյան

Armenian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish قفسجی (kafesci, wireworker; maker or seller of birdcages or lattices) + -յան (-yan). The Eastern Armenian pronunciation is a spelling pronunciation.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Գաֆեսճյան • (Gafesčyan) (traditional orthography spelling Գաֆէսճեան)

  1. a surname originating as an occupation

Declension

Descendants

  • English: Cafesjian, Kafesjian
  • French: Kafesdjian
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