Armenian edit

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Etymology edit

From չոբան (čʻoban) +‎ -յան (-yan).

Pronunciation edit

Proper noun edit

Չոբանյան (Čʻobanyan) (traditional orthography spelling Չոբանեան or Չօբանեան)

  1. a surname originating as an occupation

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References edit

  • Avetisyan, Tigran (2010) “Չոբանյան”, in V. M. Grigoryan, Ṙ. L. Uṙutyan, editors, Hayocʻ azganunneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Surnames] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: Self-published, page 281b
  • Azatean, Tʻoros (1937) “Hayocʻ tohmayin ew əntanekan makanunnerə [The Armenian dynastic and family names]”, in Hay Tohmanunner (in Armenian), Istanbul: Y. M. Sētʻean Press, page 66
  • Palatuni, Azniw (2003) “Čančʻnankʻ spʻiwṙkʻi mer tʻrkʻakan makanunnerə [Turkish-origin surnames in the diaspora]”, in Azat Or[1] (in Armenian), volume 69, number 20055, Athens, page 3