Alabalık, Posof
Alabalık | |
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Alabalık Location in Turkey | |
| Coordinates: 41°25′18″N 42°37′04″E / 41.4216°N 42.6179°E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Ardahan |
| District | Posof |
| Population (2021) | 109 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
Alabalık is a village in the Posof District, Ardahan Province, Turkey.[1] Its population is 109 (2021).[2]
The former name of Alabalık village was Saikhve. Saikhve (Georgian: საიხვე), a Georgian place name, is derived from the word "ikhv"’ (იხვი: duck) and means "duck farm" or "place where ducks are raised".[3][4] It was recorded as "Saivkhe" (سایوخۀ) in the Ottoman land-survey register (mufassal defter) of 1595 as a result of metathesis.[5]
References
- ^ Köy Archived 2015-07-06 at the Wayback Machine, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
- ^ "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2021" (XLS) (in Turkish). TÜİK. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
- ^ "იხვი" - A Comprehensive Georgian-English Dictionary, Londra, 2006, 2 volumes ISBN 0-9535878-3-5
- ^ "საიხვე" - A Comprehensive Georgian-English Dictionary, Londra, 2006, 2 volumes ISBN 0-9535878-3-5
- ^ გურჯისტანის ვილაიეთის დიდი დავთარი: გამოკვლევა: წიგნი III), Sergi Jikia, Tbilisi, 1947-1958, 3 volumes, volume III (1958), p. 448.