Azanchevsky (Russian: Азанчевский; masculine) or Azanchevskaya (Азанчевская; feminine) is a Russian last name.[1] It is derived from the Turkic word meaning muezzin.[1]
- People with the last name
- Mikhail Azanchevsky, director of the St. Petersburg Conservatory in 1871–1876
References
editNotes
edit- ^ a b Fedosyuk, entry on "Азанчевский".
Sources
edit- Ю. А. Федосюк (Yu. A. Fedosyuk). "Русские фамилии: популярный этимологический словарь" (Russian Last Names: a Popular Etymological Dictionary). Москва, 2006. ISBN 978-5-89349-216-3