Քեշիշյան

Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish كشیش (keşiş, priest) + -յան (-yan, patronymic suffix).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Քեշիշյան • (Kʻešišyan)

  1. a surname originating as an occupation.

Declension

Descendants

  • English: Keshishyan, Keshishian
  • French: Kechichian
  • Russian: Кешишя́н (Kešišján)
  • Turkish: Keşişyan

References

  • Avetisyan, Tigran (2000) “Քեշիշյան”, 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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