NAKHICHEVAN

The Azerbaijani city of Nakhichevan belonged to different empires at different times, but its name is interpreted from the Kartvelian point of view toponymically and morpheme-by-morpheme, that is, flawlessly and absolutely. As was already the case in a number of toponyms, the name contains the Kartvelian trademark toponymic construction "na + <root> + evi", translated as "where <root> used to be". Thus, "nakhichevi" is "the place where khichi used to be". The word "khichi" (ხიჭი) in Georgian means "gravel", "small stones" or "ruined rock".

That is, "nakhichevi" is "where there used to be a pile of small stones" or "the former site of a ruined rock". And “-ani” is an adjective suffix.