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According to my dictionaries both old and new, the Turkish word 'boya' can mean several things: dye, paint, color, make-up, pigment, tincture, varnish, shoe-blacking. The Turkish word 'boyaji' pronounced 'boyajuh' which Armenians and Assyrians spell and pronounce 'boyaji/boyajy can mean several thin...

My grandfather, Der Kasbar, was the priest of the village of Alipounar, which was within walking distance to the west of the city. His church was named Sourp Asdvadzadznah, and a photo copy of the painting on the altar can be found in Dikran Mgunt's book on Amida. Der Kasbar, along with his eldest s...

The yan ending suggests Eastern Armenian, the Western Armenian usually transliterating as Magar.

According to Hannessian, Magar is from Macarios, Greek for happy, lucky.

How's this for an off-the-wall conjecture:

His in-laws, who may have been numerous, called him 'pesah' which is 'bridegroom' and' the pesah' or 'pesan spelled backwards is nasep.