Etymology

Shainyan

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Today it means: A surname from Russian. Full definition →

Russian Шаиня́н ← Armenian Շահինյան
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The story

  1. Armenian · derived fromՇահինյան
  2. Russian · borrowed fromШаиня́н
  3. English todayShainyan

Borrowed from Russian Шаиня́н (Šainján), from Armenian Շահինյան (Šahinyan).

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