Քերեսթեճյան

Armenian

Alternative forms

  • Քէրէսթէճեան (Kʻērēstʻēčean), Քերեսթեճեան (Kʻerestʻečean) traditional orthography

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish كرسته‌جی (keresteci, timber merchant or a maker of wooden boards and beams) + -յան (-yan).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Քերեսթեճյան • (Kʻerestʻečyan)

  1. a surname originating as an occupation

Declension

Descendants

  • English: Kerestedjian
  • Russian: Керестеджия́н (Kerestedžiján)
  • Turkish: Keresteciyan

References

  • Avetisyan, Tigran (2000) “Քերեստեջիյան”, in V. M. Grigoryan, Ṙ. L. Uṙutyan, editors, Hayocʻ azganunneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Surnames] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Van Aryan, →ISBN, lemmatizing under a non-existent Armenian form
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