Մելիքյան

Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Մելիք (Melikʿ, a male given name) + -յան (-yan).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Մելիքյան (Melikʿyan)

  1. a surname originating as a patronymic

Declension

Descendants

  • English: Melikyan, Melikian
  • Russian: Меликя́н (Melikján), (partially) Ме́ликов (Mélikov)

Further reading

  • Ačaṙyan, Hračʿya (1942–1962), Մելիք”, in Hayocʿ anjnanunneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Personal Names of Armenians] (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press
  • Avetisyan, Tigran (2000), Մելիքյան”, in V. M. Grigoryan, Ṙ. L. Uṙutyan, editors, Hayocʿ azganunneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Surnames] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Van Aryan, →ISBN
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