Asmakonak, Posof

Asmakonak
Asmakonak
Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 41°29′N 42°43′E / 41.483°N 42.717°E / 41.483; 42.717
CountryTurkey
ProvinceArdahan
DistrictPosof
Population
 (2021)
41
Time zoneUTC+3 (TRT)

Asmakonak is a village in the Posof District, Ardahan Province, Turkey.[1] Its population is 41 (2021).[2]

The former name of Asmakonak village is Samkhula. Samkhula (Georgian: სამხულა), a Georgian place name, consists of the words sami (სამი: three) and khula (ხულა: barn) and means "Three Barns".[3][4] This place name is also written as "Samkhula" (سامخولا) 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. ^ "სამი" - A Comprehensive Georgian-English Dictionary, London, 2006, 2 volumes ISBN 0-9535878-3-5
  4. ^ "ხულა" - 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. 457