Guzanly ethnotoponym

Abstract

There are many scientific and folk etymologies about Guzanly. Guzanly’s full name is
Sarijaly-Guzanly. It was named by the name of great Turkic tribe who lived in the village of
Karabakh. In the second half of the 19th century the villages such as Sofulu, Sarijaly (Jir Sarijadly),
Chayli were moved to Guzanly. In the days of old there were settlements called Shahvelibeyli,
Birinji Guzanly, Ikinji Guzanly, Mammadli and “Communist”.
Kuzan/Guzan tribes lived in Western Turkic Khaganate extended to Derbent in the VI-VII
centuries. One branch of Tuba tribe from Mountain Altai is called Kuzen. Guzan is the name of
person in Dede Gorgud saga. The tribes of Uchoghuz, Dokuzoghuz, Onok (ten tribes), Onogur (ten Oghuzs), ten tribes, Ururgur
(thirty oghuz) were formed based on these tribes.
In the study it is noted that Quzan is one of the ethnographic toponyms. The history of the
formation of such ethnotoponyms is closely connected with the formation of our nation and the
emergence of different areas of our national culture.