Հելվաճյան

Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish حلواجی (helvacı) + -յան (-yan).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Հելվաճյան • (Helvačyan) (traditional orthography spelling Հէլվաճեան)

  1. a surname originating as an occupation

Declension

Descendants

  • English: Helvajian, Helwajian
  • French: Helvadjian
  • Turkish: Helvacıyan

References

  • Palatuni, Azniw (2003) “Čančʻnankʻ spʻiwṙkʻi mer tʻrkʻakan makanunnerə [Turkish-origin surnames in the diaspora]”, in Azat Or (in Armenian), volume 69, number 20064, Athens, page 6
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