Armenian

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Etymology

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From Համաս (Hamas, a female given name) +‎ -յան (-yan).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Համասյան (Hamasyan) (traditional orthography spelling Համասեան)

  1. a surname originating as a matronymic

Declension

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Descendants

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  • English: Hamasyan, Hamasian, Hamassian
  • Russian: Хамася́н (Xamasján)

References

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