Günnüt

Günnüt (listen ; also, Gyunnyut and Gyunnyut-Dzhafarli) is a village in the Sharur District of Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, Azerbaijan. It is located in the right side of the Nakhchivan-Sadarak highway, 22 km away from the district center, on the plain. The village is completely destroyed by the Armenians in 1992, the population moved to the Mahmudkənd village.[1]

Günnüt
Günnüt
Coordinates: 39°46′27″N 45°02′53″E
Country	Azerbaijan
Autonomous republic	Nakhchivan
District	Sharur
Time zone	UTC+4 (AZT)

Etymology

Its previous name was Günnüt Cəfərli (Gyunnyut Dzhafarli). The settlement was built in the place called Günnüt by the families belonging to Jafarli generation. In the Toponomy the word of günnüt means "meadow, plain," but as a distorted form of günnük word, it means "place which the sun hits", "last spring greens, autumn pasture". According to some researchers, this name is related with the name of the günnüt tribe which came to Nakhchivan among the Mongols.[2]

Gunnut Operation

Azerbaijani army built military post in Gunnut after 2018-clashes

Military conflict between the Azerbaijani and Armenian Armed Forces, which took place on May 20–27, 2018. At the result of the battles some occupied territories by the Armenia were taken by the Azerbaijani Armed Forces in the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic. At the end of May, the Gunnut village, as well as the surrounded heights the Khunut, the Gizilgaya and the Mehridagh mountains were recaptured and the positions of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces were moved advance to the new positions on neutral territory near the village of Areni.

References

1. ANAS, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (2005). Nakhchivan Encyclopedia. volume I. Baku: ANAS. p. 218. ISBN 5-8066-1468-9.
2. Encyclopedic dictionary of Azerbaijan toponyms. In two volumes. Volume I. p. 304. Baku: "East-West". 2007. ISBN 978-9952-34-155-3.

External links

• Günnüt at GEOnet Names Server