Xəlilli (also, Khalilli and Khalilly) is a village and municipality in the
Babek District
Babek District () is one of the 7 districts of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan. The district borders the districts of Julfa, Shahbuz, Kangarli, Nakhchivan city, as well as the Vayots Dzor Province of Armenia and the East Azer ...
of
Nakhchivan,
Azerbaijan
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. It is located in the left side of the Ordubad-Nakhchivan highway, 16 km in the north from the district center, on the right bank of the Nakhchivanchay River, on the plain. Its population is busy with grain-growing, vegetable-growing, poultry and animal husbandry. There are secondary school, library, club and a medical center in the village. It has a population of 630.
Etymology
The name of the village is related with the name of the Xəlillilər tribe. The ''Xəlillilər'' (khalilliler) which was part of the
Kayı tribe Kayı can refer to:
* Kayı (tribe)
* Kayı, Çorum
* Kayı, İdil
* Kayı, Ilgaz
* Kayı, Kemer
* Kayı, Mecitözü
* Kayı, Oğuzlar
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of Turkic origin, was moved from the
Western Turkestan
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in the thirteenth century, some of them lived in the
Shirvan
Shirvan (from ; ; Tat: ''Şirvan'') is a historical region in the eastern Caucasus, as known in both pre-Islamic Sasanian and Islamic times. Today, the region is an industrially and agriculturally developed part of the Republic of Azerbaijan ...
region.
[''Encyclopedic dictionary of Azerbaijan toponyms''. In two volumes. Volume I. p. 304. Baku: "East-West". 2007. .]
References
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Populated places in Babek District
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