Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From քէօսէ (kʻēōsē, beardless) +‎ -յան (-yan); see Ottoman Turkish كوسه (köse) for the first element.

Pronunciation edit

Proper noun edit

Քեոսայան (Kʻeosayan)

  1. a surname transferred from the nickname

Declension edit

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Descendants edit

References edit

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