Շնորհոքյան

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian շնորհօք (šnorhōkʻ, with grace) + -յան (-yan).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Շնորհոքյան • (Šnorhokʻyan) (traditional orthography spelling Շնորհօքեան)

  1. a surname transferred from the nickname

Declension

Descendants

  • English: Shnorhokian
  • Russian: Шнорокя́н (Šnorokján)

References

  • Avetisyan, Tigran (2000) “Շնորհոքյան”, in V. M. Grigoryan, Ṙ. L. Uṙutyan, editors, Hayocʻ azganunneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Surnames] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Van Aryan, →ISBN, page 270a, derives from the given name Շնորհք (Šnorhkʻ) and incorrectly explains the second -ո- (-o-) as an assimilatory epenthesis
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