Alpavit
Village in East Azerbaijan, Iran
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Alpavit (Persian: الپاويت, also Romanized as Ālpāvīt; also known as Ālpāvet)[1] is a village in Bozkosh Rural District, in the Central District of Ahar County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 122, in 21 families.[2]
Name
According to Vladimir Minorsky, the name of this village is derived from the Mongolian word alpā'ut, referring to "a privileged class".[3]: 76
