Չափարյան

Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish چاپار (çapar, mounted messenger, courier) + -յան (-yan). Unrelated to չափար (čʻapʻar, palisade).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Չափարյան • (Čʻapʻaryan)

  1. a surname originating as an occupation

Declension

Descendants

  • English: Chaparian
  • Russian: Чапаря́н (Čaparján)

References

  • Avetisyan, Tigran (2000) “Չափարյան”, 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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