Nohur

Nohur ( Nokhur) is a village in Bäherden District, Ahal Province, Turkmenistan. It is the only village and the seat of its rural council. The area is known for sacred places connected to the Persian legend of the Peri, most notably the Gyz-bibi cave. In 2022, it had a population of 6,258 people.

==Etymology== According to the Government of Turkmenistan, the etymological origin is disputed, with some locals believing it derived from Noah (many places in the region carry Biblical names) and some from the Peri themselves, as "no" and "hur" can be translated as "nine peri". Soltanşa Atanyýazow noted in his dictionary of Turkmen place names,Nohur is an ethnic name. The local elders interpret the meaning of the word in two ways as "the place of the nine beauties" (in Persian no is "nine" and huri is "beautiful girl") and "the place of Noah's son Nohur". In Persian, the word nohur is a plural of the word nahr, meaning "throats". Another source asserts that the name is derived from two Persian words meaning "ten donkeys", alluding to the putative arrival of the village's original settlers on donkeys.