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Avetis

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Avetis
GenderMale
Language(s)Armenian
Other names
Alternative spellingAvedis

Avetis and its variant Avedis (Armenian: Ավետիս Avetis, from ավետիս avetis, “good news”, alternative form: ավետիք avetikʿ, cf. Avetik) is a proper male name in Armenian. This given name is pronounced as [ɑvɛˈtis] in Eastern Armenian, and as [ɑvɛˈdis] in Western Armenian. Avetisyan, Avetissyan, Avetisian, Avetissian are Armenian patronymic surnames that derive from Avetis (Avedisyan, Avedissyan, Avedisian, Avedissian derive from the variant pronunciation Avedis). Avetis (or Avedis) means evangel or gospel in Armenian, referring to the gospel (or good news) of Jesus Christ.

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  • Avetis Aharonyan, an Armenian politician, writer, public figure and revolutionary
  • Avetis Isahakyan, better known as Avetik Isahakyan
  • Avetis Nazarbekian (1866–1939), also known as Nazarbek or Lerents, an Armenian poet, journalist, political activist and revolutionary. One of the founders of Social Democrat Hunchakian Party
  • Avetis Sultan-Zade (1889–1938), Persian-Armenian communist revolutionary and economist, a founder of the Communist Party of Persia

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