Taşdeğirmen, Çıldır

Taşdeğirmen
Taşdeğirmen
Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 41°09′23″N 43°15′48″E / 41.1565°N 43.2634°E / 41.1565; 43.2634
CountryTurkey
ProvinceArdahan
DistrictÇıldır
Population
 (2021)
299
Time zoneUTC+3 (TRT)

Taşdeğirmen is a village in the Çıldır District, Ardahan Province, Turkey.[1] Its population is 299 (2021).[2] The village is populated by Karapapakhs.[3]

The former name of Taşdeğirmen is Chamdzvrali. Chamdzvrali (Georgian: ჩამძვრალი) is a Georgian word meaning something like "sunken" or "collapsed".[4] This place name is recorded as "Chamzvral" (چامزورال) in the Ottoman land-survey register (mufassal defter) of 1595 and in the Ottoman cebe defter register (1694-1732).[5][6]

References

  1. ^ Köy Archived 2015-07-06 at the Wayback Machine, 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. ^ "ჩამძვრალი" - A Comprehensive Georgian-English Dictionary, London, 2006, 2 volumes ISBN 0-9535878-3-5
  5. ^ გურჯისტანის ვილაიეთის დიდი დავთარი: გამოკვლევა: წიგნი III), Sergi Jikia, Tbilisi, 1947-1958, 3 volumes, volume III (1958), p. 386.
  6. ^ "ჩილდირის ვილაიეთის ჯაბა დავთარი : 1694-1732 წწ.", Tsisana Abuladze, Tbilisi, 1979, Register number: 269.