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Surnames of Persian language origin. Pages in category "Persian-language surnames" The following 179 pages are in this category, out of 179 total.
-i, the most common suffix used for Persian surnames. They are, in fact, adjectives created by the adding suffix "-i" to person names, location names or other names. Surnames with "-i" are also popular in other countries of historic Greater Persia and neighboring countries like in the Caucasus, Pakistan, Turkey, Iraq, and Central Asia.
Surnames used in Iran from Iranian languages origin. Subcategories. This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total. ... Pages in category "Iranian ...
Pages in category "Surnames of Iranian origin" The following 56 pages are in this category, out of 56 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Abarghouei;
Persian-language surnames (172 P) Pages in category "Persian-language names" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.
For ease of use, the [i] in front of the last name, and the ending _ve, were dropped. If the last name ends in [a], then removing the [j] would give the name of the patriarch or the place, as in, Grudaj - j = Gruda (place in MM). Otherwise, removing the whole ending [aj] yields the name of founder or place of origin, as in Lekaj - aj = Lek(ë).
Persian-language surnames (180 P) Polish-language surnames (2 C, 2,000 P) Portuguese-language surnames (4 C, 406 P) ... Surnames of Sinhalese origin (171 P)
Armenian surnames almost always have the ending (Armenian: յան) transliterated into English as -yan or -ian (spelled -ean (եան) in Western Armenian and pre-Soviet Eastern Armenian, of Ancient Armenian or Iranian origin, presumably meaning "son of"), though names with that ending can also be found among Persians and a few other ...