Մալաջյան

Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ماله‌جی (malacı) + -յան (-yan).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Մալաջյան • (Malaǰyan) (traditional orthography spelling Մալաջեան)

  1. a surname originating as an occupation

Declension

Descendants

  • English: Malajyan, Malajian
  • French: Maladjian
  • Russian: Маладжя́н (Maladžján)
  • Turkish: Malacıyan, Malacyan

References

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