Meanings
plural Penchevi · plural Penchevs · alternative Pentchev
- A transliteration of the Bulgarian surname Пе́нчев (Pénčev).
I would like to dedicate this work to my parents Tsenko and Veselina Penchevi and to my sister Milkana, without who^([sic]) I could not be what I am now.
2008 May, Mariya Tsenkova Pencheva, The case of the Bulgarian medics and the Palestinian doctor in Libya: The triangular relationship in the conflict and conflict resolution of the case (master’s dissertation), Msida: The Department of International Relations of the Faculty of Arts of the University of Malta, Acknowledgments, page v1 more example
The Penchevs, both of them teachers at the school, had been discussing their holidays all the winter, but now that vacation time had actually arrived they were still undecided as to where to go.
1960 August, Ganka Tseneva, “A Good Choice”, in Bulgaria Today, volume IX, number 8, 1 Levski Street, Sofia: Committee for Friendship and Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries, page 23/1
Origin
- BulgarianПе́нчев
- EnglishPenchev
Borrowed from Bulgarian Пе́нчев (Pénčev).
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