Hrachia Adjarian

Hrachia Adjarian Hraeay Aaean Hraya Aayan March 8, 1876 April 16, 1953 was an Armenian linguist, lexicographer, etymologist, philologist and academic professor at the Armenian Academy of Sciences. He was also a member of the French Linguistic Association and the Czechoslovakian Institute of Oriental Studies.

Adjarian was born on March 8, 1896 in the Samatya neighborhood of Constantinople, the capital of the Ottoman Empire. His father was a shoemaker.

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