Փափազյան

Armenian

Alternative forms

• Փափազեան (Pʻapʻazean) — traditional orthography

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish پاپاز (papaz, “priest”) +‎ -յան (-yan, “patronymic suffix”).

Pronunciation

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /pʰɑpʰɑˈzjɑn/, [pʰɑpʰɑzjɑ́n]
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /pɑpɑˈzjɑn/, [pʰɑpʰɑzjɑ́n]

Proper noun

Փափազյան • (Pʻapʻazyan)

1. a surname originating as an occupation

Declension

i-type, animate (Eastern Armenian)
	singular	plural
nominative	Փափազյան (Pʻapʻazyan)	Փափազյաններ (Pʻapʻazyanner)
dative	Փափազյանի (Pʻapʻazyani)	Փափազյանների (Pʻapʻazyanneri)
ablative	Փափազյանից (Pʻapʻazyanicʻ)	Փափազյաններից (Pʻapʻazyannericʻ)
instrumental	Փափազյանով (Pʻapʻazyanov)	Փափազյաններով (Pʻapʻazyannerov)
locative	—	—
	definite forms
nominative	Փափազյանը/Փափազյանն (Pʻapʻazyanə/Pʻapʻazyann)	Փափազյանները/Փափազյաններն (Pʻapʻazyannerə/Pʻapʻazyannern)
dative	Փափազյանին (Pʻapʻazyanin)	Փափազյաններին (Pʻapʻazyannerin)
	1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative	Փափազյանս (Pʻapʻazyans)	Փափազյաններս (Pʻapʻazyanners)
dative	Փափազյանիս (Pʻapʻazyanis)	Փափազյաններիս (Pʻapʻazyanneris)
ablative	Փափազյանիցս (Pʻapʻazyanicʻs)	Փափազյաններիցս (Pʻapʻazyannericʻs)
instrumental	Փափազյանովս (Pʻapʻazyanovs)	Փափազյաններովս (Pʻapʻazyannerovs)
locative	—	—
	2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative	Փափազյանդ (Pʻapʻazyand)	Փափազյաններդ (Pʻapʻazyannerd)
dative	Փափազյանիդ (Pʻapʻazyanid)	Փափազյաններիդ (Pʻapʻazyannerid)
ablative	Փափազյանիցդ (Pʻapʻazyanicʻd)	Փափազյաններիցդ (Pʻapʻazyannericʻd)
instrumental	Փափազյանովդ (Pʻapʻazyanovd)	Փափազյաններովդ (Pʻapʻazyannerovd)
locative	—	—

Descendants

• → English: Papazyan, Papazian
• → Russian: Папазя́н (Papazján)

  ⇒ Russian: Папа́зов (Papázov)

References

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