Geliyard, Alborz Explained

Official Name:Geliyard
Native Name:گِليَرد
Settlement Type:village
Pushpin Map:Iran
Mapsize:150px
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Alborz
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Taleqan
Subdivision Type3:Bakhsh
Subdivision Name3:Central
Subdivision Type4:Rural District
Subdivision Name4:Bala Taleqan
Population As Of:2006
Population Total:232
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:IRST
Utc Offset:+3:30
Coordinates:36.1511°N 50.8467°W

Geliyard (Persian: گِليَرد, also Romanized as Gelīyard) is a village in Bala Taleqan Rural District, in the Central District of Taleqan County, Alborz Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 232, in 42 families. The village is the birthplace of Ayatollah Mahmoud Taleghani.

Etymology

The word Geliyard or Giliyard derives from Gil, which is the name of an ancient ethnicity in Medes united confederation, and were the ancestors af today Gilaks. The -ard also is the suffix of location which means milieu or territory, and derives from the Avestan word of Ard which means land. Hence Geliyard means land of Gil people.