Baş_Küngüt

Baş Küngüt

Baş Küngüt

Municipality in Shaki, Azerbaijan

Baş Küngüt (also, Bash-Kyungyut) is a village and municipality in the Shaki district of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 1,381.

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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

  • Baş 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. [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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