GUZDEK AS TRADITIONAL AGRICULTURAL FORM AND A SETTLEMENT OF AZERBAIJAN

Abstract

The article explores toponymy, oyconim patterns “güz”-“küz”, “güzdԥ k”-“küzdԥ k”, as well as the material and spiritual culture associated with these words. Historical and ethnographic research has come to some conclusions: Traditional agriculture and cattle breeding in Azerbaijan are an integral part of a indivisible economic system. The traditional form of kyuzdek farming, which has not yet been widely studied, has played a connecting role between yaylakkishlyak cattle breeding and traditional agriculture. Compared to the temporary yaylak and kishlyak settlements, the Küzdek settlement, as one of the foundations of livestock, used to become a permanent residence. For this reason, facts about the settlements of Guzdek were blurred in earlier centuries. Consideration of “kyuzdek” as a traditional form of economy and settlement of Azerbaijan, which combines elements of cattle breeding and agriculture, can form a new look at the historical and ethnographic development of our people.