Չորբաջյան

Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish چورباجی (çorbacı, Christian wealthy peasant) + -յան (-yan).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Չորբաջյան • (Čʻorbaǰyan)

  1. a surname transferred from the nickname

Declension

Descendants

  • English: Chorbajian
  • Russian: Чорбаджя́н (Čorbadžján)

References

  • Avetisyan, Tigran (2000) “Չորբաջյան”, 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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