My name is Սամուէլ Չաքմաքճեան, or Samuel Chakmakjian [t͡ʃɑk.mɑk.d͡ʒjɑn].
Often mistaken to mean "cigaret lighter," my last name actually means "son of a gunsmith" and was initially a nickname given to my great-great grandfather who, according to family lore, earned it after having accidentally shot himself in the foot. The name then passed through multiple forms as my family lived under different governments before arriving at the current iteration(s).
Gloss 'listener/name of God'
Hebrew שְׁמוּאֵל šəmuʾel
Greek Σαμουήλ samouēl
Armenian Սամուէլ samowēl
Romanised Samuel
IPA [sɑm.wɛl] [sæm.ju.əl]
Gloss 'heel-grabber'
Hebrew יַעֲקֹב yaʿaqoḇ
Greek Ἰάκωβος iakōbos
Armenian Յակոբ yakob
Romanised Hagop
IPA [hɑ.ɡop]
Gloss 'son of a gunsmith'
Ottoman چاقماق çakmak
Arm-Trk. Չագմագճը çakmakcı
Armenian Չաքմաքճեան č'ak'mak'čean
Arabic تشكمكجيان tšakmakǧyān
British Tchacmacjian
American Chakmakjian
IPA [t͡ʃɑk.mɑk.d͡ʒjɑn]