Փոստանջյան

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Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish پوسته‌خانه (postahane, postane, post office) + ـجی (-ci) +‎ -յան (-yan).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Փոստանջյան (Pʻostanǰyan)

  1. a surname originating as an occupation, Postanjyan, Postanjian

Declension

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Further reading

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  • Avetisyan, Tigran (2010) “Փոստանջյան”, in V. M. Grigoryan, Ṙ. L. Uṙutyan, editors, Hayocʻ azganunneri baṙaran. Havelum aṙaǰin hratarakutʻyan [Dictionary of Armenian Surnames․ Addition to the First Edition] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: Self-published, page 401b