Surname · Armenian
Կարայան
“black”
Կարայան (Karayan) is a surname from Old Armenian, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European. It is used in Armenian.
ArmenianWritten in Armenian script. In English: Karayan.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Կարայան comes from Old Armenian, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Old Armenian -եան, from Proto-Indo-European *-iyn̥, built from Ottoman Turkish قره (kara, “black”) + Armenian -յան.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Կարայան’s family of names
In Armenian usage, Կարայան as a surname can be written in the Roman alphabet as KARAYAN. In Armenian usage, Կարայան as a surname has a transliteration in KARAYAN. In Armenian usage, Կարայան as a surname has a related form in Կարայեան.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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