Քեթենջյան

Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish كتانجی (ketenci, linen weaver; seller of linen cloth) + -յան (-yan).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Քեթենջյան • (Kʻetʻenǰyan)

  1. a surname originating as an occupation

Declension

Descendants

  • English: Ketenjian, Ketendjian
  • Russian: Кетенджя́н (Ketendžján)
  • Spanish: Ketengian
  • Turkish: Ketenciyan

References

  • Avetisyan, Tigran (2000) “Քեթենջյան”, 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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