Aşağı Küngüt
| Aşağı Küngüt | |
|---|---|
| Municipality | |
  Aşağı Küngüt | |
| Coordinates: 41°03′51″N 47°15′02″E / 41.06417°N 47.25056°ECoordinates: 41°03′51″N 47°15′02″E / 41.06417°N 47.25056°E | |
| Country |
 Azerbaijan |
| Rayon | Shaki |
| Population | |
| • Total | 1,298 |
| Time zone | AZT (UTC+4) |
| • Summer (DST) | AZT (UTC+5) |
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.
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)
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