Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Ottoman Turkish چاپار (çapar, mounted messenger, courier) +‎ -յան (-yan). Unrelated to չափար (čʿapʿar, palisade).

Pronunciation edit

Proper noun edit

Չափարյան (Čʿapʿaryan)

  1. a surname originating as an occupation

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • English: Chaparian
  • Russian: Чапаря́н (Čaparján)

References edit

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