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Nahapetyan

Nahapetyan comes from Armenian Նահապետյան, from Նահապետ ‘a male given name’, and ultimately from Old Armenian նահապետ ‘patriarch’.

  1. Old Armenianc. 400–1100նահապետ‘patriarch’
  2. Middle Armenianc. 1100–1700Նահապետ
  3. Armenianmodernsame form‘a male given name’
  4. Armenian, derivedmodernՆահապետյանNahapetyan
  5. EnglishtodayNahapetyan

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Old Armenianc. 400–1100նահապետ‘patriarch’
  2. Middle Armenianc. 1100–1700Նահապետ
  3. Armenianmodernsame form‘a male given name’
  4. Armenian, derivedmodernՆահապետյանNahapetyan
  5. EnglishtodayNahapetyan

Today it means

name A surname from Armenian.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Old Armenian նահապետ / Nahapetyan