Daýhan, Turkmenistan Explained

Official Name:Daýhan
Other Name:Gyzyl Daýhan
Pushpin Map:Turkmenistan
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Turkmenistan
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name: Turkmenistan
Subdivision Name1:Lebap Province
Coordinates:37.7269°N 65.4356°W

Daýhan (prior to 1993 Gyzyl Daýhan) is a village in Burguçy geňeşligi, Döwletli District, Lebap Province, in eastern Turkmenistan, near the border with Afghanistan.[1] [2]

Etymology

The Turkmen word daýhan means "farmer, peasant" in Turkmen, and is borrowed from Persian دهقان (dehghan). The Turkic word kyzyl (gyzyl in Turkmen) means "red" and referred in the Soviet period to the color red, the color of revolution.

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Notes and References

  1. https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Districts_in_Turkmenistan OpenStreetMap / Districts in Turkmenistan
  2. Falling rain gazetteer