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Help[Facts] Yolçu and Əfi
Azeri male names. What do they mean?
Yolçu Əfi oğlu Əliyev / Iolchu Afi-ohlu Aliyev – Ukrainian soldier
https://az.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yol%C3%A7u_%C6%8Fliyev
https://uk.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BB%D1%96%D1%94%D0%B2_%D0%86%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%87%D1%83_%D0%90%D1%84%D1%96-%D0%9E%D0%B3%D0%BB%D0%B8
His name is Yolçu and father's name is Əfi.
ETA: different editor edited my submission for Yolçu – "passenger" in Azerbaijani
Yolçu Əfi oğlu Əliyev / Iolchu Afi-ohlu Aliyev – Ukrainian soldier
https://az.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yol%C3%A7u_%C6%8Fliyev
https://uk.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BB%D1%96%D1%94%D0%B2_%D0%86%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%87%D1%83_%D0%90%D1%84%D1%96-%D0%9E%D0%B3%D0%BB%D0%B8
His name is Yolçu and father's name is Əfi.
ETA: different editor edited my submission for Yolçu – "passenger" in Azerbaijani
This message was edited 5/25/2025, 12:55 PM
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Yolçu means "traveller, wayfarer" or "beggar, pauper" in Azerbaijani:
https://obastan.com/yol%C3%A7u/759742/?l=az
Əfi means "venomous snake", and comes from Arabic أفعى (ʔafʕan):
https://obastan.com/%C9%99fi/738780/?l=az
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%81%D8%B9%D9%89#Arabic
But maybe it's simply a short form of some other name, like in this case (presumably short for Əflatun):
https://news24.az/191107-efi-leqebli-tiktoker-saxlanildi.html
https://obastan.com/yol%C3%A7u/759742/?l=az
Əfi means "venomous snake", and comes from Arabic أفعى (ʔafʕan):
https://obastan.com/%C9%99fi/738780/?l=az
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%81%D8%B9%D9%89#Arabic
But maybe it's simply a short form of some other name, like in this case (presumably short for Əflatun):
https://news24.az/191107-efi-leqebli-tiktoker-saxlanildi.html
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Thank you!
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