Nakhchivan folklore toponyms in the researches of Safarali Babayev

Abstract

 Our research, a number of historical and geographical evidences prove that one of the main settlements of the heroes of Dede Gorgud was the land of Nakhchivan. The toponyms related to Dede Gorgud are located in Azerbaijan, in Nakhchivan, which is an integral part of it - Western Azerbaijan, and in the neighboring areas - in the north-east of Turkey, in the south-east of Georgia and in the northern part of South Azerbaijan, and the events related to them took place in these areas. In the article, Safarali Babayev’s researches on Nakhchivan toponyms given in the Book of Dede Gorgud (Kitabi-Dede Gorgud) was included in the research.