Sham Asbi

Sham Asbi

شام اسبي
Sham Asbi شام اسبي
village
	Sham Asbi
	Coordinates: 38°11′37″N 48°14′37″E / 38.19361°N 48.24361°ECoordinates: 38°11′37″N 48°14′37″E / 38.19361°N 48.24361°E
Country	Iran
Province	Ardabil
County	Ardabil
Bakhsh	Central
Rural District	Balghelu
Population (2006)
• Total	2,148
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+4:30 (IRDT)

Sham Asbi (Persian: شام اسبي, also Romanized as Shām Asbī; also known as Shamaspi)^[1] is a village in Balghelu Rural District, in the Central District of Ardabil County, Ardabil Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 2,148, in 511 families.^[2]

Etymology[]

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".^[3] 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".^[3] 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".^[3] 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).^[3] Assadoorian argues that there was "secondary dissimilation of the initial s- to š-".^[3]

References[]

^ Sham Asbi can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3084402" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
^ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)" (Excel). Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original on 2011-11-11.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Assadoorian, Alice (2006). "Šām-aspī (A Toponym from Ardabīl)". Iran and the Caucasus. 10 (2): 261. doi:10.1163/157338406780345916.

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[1] Sham Asbi can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3084402" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".

[2] "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)" (Excel). Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original on 2011-11-11.

[Assadoorian-3] Assadoorian, Alice (2006). "Šām-aspī (A Toponym from Ardabīl)". Iran and the Caucasus. 10 (2): 261. doi:10.1163/157338406780345916.

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