Məzrə (also, Mazrya) is a village and municipality in the
Ordubad District
Ordubad District ( az, Ordubad rayonu) is one of the 7 districts of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan. The district borders the district of Julfa, as well as the Syunik Province of Armenia, and the East Azerbaijan Province of Ira ...
of
Nakhchivan,
Azerbaijan
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. It is located 40 km in the north-west from the district center. Its population is busy with gardening, farming and animal husbandry. There are secondary school, club, library and a medical center in the village. It has a population of 139.
Etymology
The previous name of the village was Məzrəurs. It is believed that the settlement is so called, because it was founded in the arable land called ''Məzrə'' of the village of Nurs. ''Məzrə'' مزرعه in
Persian
Persian may refer to:
* People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language
** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples
** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...
(itself originally from
Arabic
Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic languages, Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C ...
) means "suitable land for arable, arable land and field", "a settlement founded on the basis of arable lands, hamlet, a small settlement".
[''Encyclopedic dictionary of Azerbaijan toponyms''. In two volumes. Volume I. p. 304. Baku: "East-West". 2007. .]
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External links
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Populated places in Ordubad District
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