Sham Asbi
Persian: شام اسبي | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 38°11′36″N 48°14′38″E / 38.19333°N 48.24389°E [1] | |
Country | Iran |
Province | Ardabil |
County | Ardabil |
District | Central |
Rural District | Balghelu |
Population (2016)
[2] | |
• Total | 2,817 |
Time zone | UTC+3:30 ( IRST) |
Sham Asbi ( Persian: شام اسبي) [a] is a village in, and the capital of, Balghelu Rural District of the Central District of Ardabil County, Ardabil province, Iran. [4]
The locals of Sham Asbi identify the first part of the village's name with Sham, i.e. "Syria", interpreting it as "a place with Syrian horses". [5] According to Alice Assadoorian in Iran and the Caucasus, the toponym appears to be an old compound, and thus the folk etymology "can hardly be satisfying". [5] Assadoorian notes that the final –ī in the place name alludes to a patronymic formation, which allows for the resconstruction of the Middle Iranian form of the toponym as *Šāmaspīk or *Šāmāspīk, which translates as "a village belonging to (or founded by) *Šāmāsp". [5] The name *Šāmāsp is a familiar personal name, and derives from Old Iranian *S(i)yāmāspa-, i.e. "(a man) having black or dark studs" (compare Avestan Syāvaspi- and Armenian Šawasp). [5] Assadoorian argues that there was "secondary dissimilation of the initial s- to š-". [5]
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 2,148 in 511 households. [6] The following census in 2011 counted 2,609 people in 734 households. [7] The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 2,817 people in 820 households. It was the most populous village in its rural district. [2]
Sham Asbi
Persian: شام اسبي | |
---|---|
Village | |
Coordinates: 38°11′36″N 48°14′38″E / 38.19333°N 48.24389°E [1] | |
Country | Iran |
Province | Ardabil |
County | Ardabil |
District | Central |
Rural District | Balghelu |
Population (2016)
[2] | |
• Total | 2,817 |
Time zone | UTC+3:30 ( IRST) |
Sham Asbi ( Persian: شام اسبي) [a] is a village in, and the capital of, Balghelu Rural District of the Central District of Ardabil County, Ardabil province, Iran. [4]
The locals of Sham Asbi identify the first part of the village's name with Sham, i.e. "Syria", interpreting it as "a place with Syrian horses". [5] According to Alice Assadoorian in Iran and the Caucasus, the toponym appears to be an old compound, and thus the folk etymology "can hardly be satisfying". [5] Assadoorian notes that the final –ī in the place name alludes to a patronymic formation, which allows for the resconstruction of the Middle Iranian form of the toponym as *Šāmaspīk or *Šāmāspīk, which translates as "a village belonging to (or founded by) *Šāmāsp". [5] The name *Šāmāsp is a familiar personal name, and derives from Old Iranian *S(i)yāmāspa-, i.e. "(a man) having black or dark studs" (compare Avestan Syāvaspi- and Armenian Šawasp). [5] Assadoorian argues that there was "secondary dissimilation of the initial s- to š-". [5]
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 2,148 in 511 households. [6] The following census in 2011 counted 2,609 people in 734 households. [7] The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 2,817 people in 820 households. It was the most populous village in its rural district. [2]