Aşağı Küngüt

Aşağı Küngüt (also, Ashaga-Kyungyut and Ashagy-Kyungyut) is a village and municipality in the Shaki district of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 1,298.

Aşağı Küngüt
Municipality
Aşağı Küngüt
Coordinates: 41°03′51″N 47°15′02″E
Country Azerbaijan
RayonShaki
Population
  Total1,298
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)
  Summer (DST)UTC+5 (AZT)

The etymology of the name Küngüt in the name of the village comes from the name of the country Kang (Kangar), with a Sogdian plural suffix -t, expressed in the ancient Chinese annals as Guniue.[1]

References

  • Aşağı Küngüt at GEOnet Names Server
  • Zuev Yu.A., "Early Türks: Essays on history and ideology", Almaty, Daik-Press, 2002, ISBN 9985-4-4152-9 (In Russian)
  1. Yu. Zuev, "Early Türks: Essays on history and ideology", p. 148, with reference to M.Kashgari "Divan-i Lughat-it-Turk", Vol. 1, p. 159; Vol. 3, p. 149, Tashkent, 1964


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