Armenian edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Partly from Աբեղ (Abeġ, a male give name) +‎ -յան (-yan), partly from աբեղա (abeġa) +‎ -յան (-yan). In the case of Manuk Abeghian, apparently adopted as a modified form of Աղբեղյան (Aġbeġyan), which is of Turkic origin.

Proper noun edit

Աբեղյան (Abeġyan) (traditional orthography spelling Աբեղեան)

  1. a surname originating as a patronymic or as an occupation
Declension edit
Descendants edit
  • English: Abeghyan, Abeghian
  • Russian: Абегя́н (Abegján)

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Etymology 2 edit

 
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Learned borrowing from Old Armenian Աբեղեանք (Abełeankʻ), the name of one of the noble houses of old Armenia.

Proper noun edit

Աբեղյան (Abeġyan) (traditional orthography spelling Աբեղեան)

  1. (historical) a member of Աբեղեանք (Abełeankʻ), one of the noble houses of old Armenia
Declension edit
References edit
  • Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1942) “Աբեղոյ”, in Hayocʻ anjnanunneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Personal Names of Armenians] (Erewani petakan hamalsaran. Gitakan ašxatutʻyunner; 21) (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 16a