See also: ապրես

Armenian

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Etymology

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From ապրես (apres, well done!). Ačaṙyan remarks that the name is not attested anciently, but Avetisyan adduces an attestation from Artsakh from 1551 in the form of Ապրէս (Aprēs).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Ապրես (Apres)

  1. a male given name, Apres

Usage notes

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Ačaṙyan observes that the name is not used by Western Armenians.

Declension

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Derived terms

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References

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  • Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1942) “Ապրես”, in Hayocʻ anjnanunneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Personal Names of Armenians] (Erewani petakan hamalsaran. Gitakan ašxatutʻyunner; 21) (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 202
  • Avetisyan, Tigran (2000) “Ապրեսյան”, in V. M. Grigoryan, Ṙ. L. Uṙutyan, editors, Hayocʻ azganunneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Surnames] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Van Aryan, →ISBN, page 22a