Ghendargnoy () is a Chechen
teip
A ''teip'' (also ''taip'', ''tayp'', ''teyp''; Chechen language, Chechen and Ingush language, Ingush: тайпа, romanized: ''taypa'' , ''family'', ''kin'', ''clan'', ''tribe''Нохчийн-Оьрсийн словарь (Chechen-Russian Dict ...
(clan). Its center is the village of . There is a hypothesis that it originated from the historic area in
Chechen Republic
Chechnya, officially the Chechen Republic, is a republic of Russia. It is situated in the North Caucasus of Eastern Europe, between the Caspian Sea and Black Sea. The republic forms a part of the North Caucasian Federal District, and share ...
called .
Etymology
The name Ghendargnoy comes from the name of an ancestor of this teip who lived about 900 years ago, whose name was Ghendar or Gundarghen.
[Топонимия Чечено-Ингушетии: в IV частях (1976-1985 гг.) / Ред. А. Х. Шайхиев. — Гр.: Чечено-Ингушское книжное изд-во, 1978. — 289 с. — 5000 экз.]
Geography
Most members of the teip live near the northern slopes of the .
[Чечня и Россия: общества и государства. — Мс.: Polinform-Talburi, 1999. — С. 96. — 427 с. — .]
Branches
References
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Chechen people