Special conception prepared in Azerbaijan to determine format of national surname
17:13 / 09.01.2010 A special conception has been prepared in Azerbaijan for determining the format of national surnames. “The conception? Prepared as a result of research by a special commission established by the National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan (NASA), envisages establishing state information system of names and surnames, “the chairman of the committee on the cultureof Parliament of Azerbaijan, MP Nizami Jafarov, said.
According to the 1993 Law on bringing names of citizens of Azerbaijan in line with the state language, the citizens can change the end “-ov”, “ev”, in their names into “li”, (“-li, lu, lyu, depending on the root of the word) “-zadeh”, “oglu”, “-qizi” or completely remove the end.
According to Javarov, having studed the historical forms of surnames in in Azerbaijan, the commission, comprised of experts in various fields of science, defined he format of national surnames.Bu yazı ( 340 ) - dəfə oxunmuşdur
