Կարայան

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Armenian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ottoman Turkish قره (kara, black) +‎ -յան (-yan).

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Կարայան (Karayan)

  1. a surname transferred from the nickname

Declension[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • English: Karayan
  • Russian: Карая́н (Karaján)

References[edit]

  • Avetisyan, Tigran (2000) “Կարայան”, in V. M. Grigoryan, Ṙ. L. Uṙutyan, editors, Hayocʻ azganunneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Surnames] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Van Aryan, →ISBN