Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Գաբիկ (Gabik, the diminutive of the male given name Գաբրիել (Gabriel)) +‎ -յան (-yan).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Գաբիկյան (Gabikyan) (traditional orthography spelling Գաբիկեան)

  1. a surname originating as a patronymic

Declension

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Descendants

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References

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  • Avetisyan, Tigran (2010) “Գաբիկյան”, in V. M. Grigoryan, Ṙ. L. Uṙutyan, editors, Hayocʻ azganunneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Surnames] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: Self-published, page 64b