| Babadaýhan District | |
| Settlement Type: | District |
| Official Name: | Babadaýhan etraby Бабадайхан этрабы |
| Other Name: | Kirov, (Киров) ????-1992 |
| Mapsize: | 300px |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Turkmenistan |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Ahal Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | Capital |
| Subdivision Name2: | Babadaýhan |
| Leader Title: | häkim |
| Leader Name: | Muhammetmyrat Amangeldiýewiç Garaýew[1] |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Utc Offset: | +5 |
| Coordinates: | 37.6919°N 60.3933°W |
Babadaýhan District (Turkmen: Babadaýhan etraby, Бабадайхан этрабы) is a district of Ahal Province, Turkmenistan.[2] [3] From the Soviet period until 1992, the settlement was named in honor of Sergei Kirov. On 26 June 1992, by Parliamentary Resolution No. 729-XII, Kirov District and its capital were renamed Babadaýhan.
The name Babadaýhan is the Turkmenized form of the Persian name Bābā-Dihqān (بابادهقان), which eans “Forefather Farmer”, a mythological and ritual character whose cult has been reported in agrarian communities of mountainous and lowland Tajikistan, North Afghanistan and adjacent rural areas of Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Kazakhstan.[4] As an Iranian mythological figure, Bābā-ye Dehqān is believed to be the first man and the first farmer who taught his profession to mankind through a chain of his successors.[5]