Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From համալ (hamal) +‎ -յան (-yan).

Pronunciation edit

Proper noun edit

Համալյան (Hamalyan) (traditional orthography spelling Համալեան)

  1. a surname originating as an occupation

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • English: Hamalian
  • Russian: Гамаля́н (Gamalján), Хамаля́н (Xamalján)

References edit

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