Eşmepınar, Çıldır

Eşmepınar
Eşmepınar
Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 41°06′46″N 43°09′08″E / 41.1127°N 43.1523°E / 41.1127; 43.1523
CountryTurkey
ProvinceArdahan
DistrictÇıldır
Population
 (2021)
305
Time zoneUTC+3 (TRT)

Eşmepınar is a village in the Çıldır District, Ardahan Province, Turkey.[1] Its population is 305 (2021).[2] The village is populated by Karapapakhs.[3]

The historical name of the village of Eşmepınar is Pruti. The Georgian word Pruti (ფრუტი) means "misty drizzling".[4] This name appears as Purud (پورود) in the Ottoman land-survey register (mufassal defter) of 1595.[5]

References

  1. ^ Köy, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
  2. ^ "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2021" (XLS) (in Turkish). TÜİK. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  3. ^ Ercilâsun, Ahmet Bican (1983). Kars ili ağızları: ses bilgisi (in Turkish). p. 43.
  4. ^ "ფრუტი" - A Comprehensive Georgian-English Dictionary, London, 2006, 2 column ISBN 0-9535878-3-5
  5. ^ გურჯისტანის ვილაიეთის დიდი დავთარი: გამოკვლევა: წიგნი III), Sergi Jikia, Tbilisi, 1947-1958, 3 column, III. column (1958), pp. 390.