Çaykənd () is a village in the Kalbajar District of Azerbaijan.

History The village was located in the Armenian-occupied territories surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh, coming under the control of ethnic Armenian forces during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War in the early 1990s. The village subsequently became part of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh as part of its Shahumyan Province, referred to as Nor Verinshen (). It was returned to Azerbaijan on 25 November 2020 as part of the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement.

Historical heritage sites Historical heritage sites in and around the village include a 12th/13th-century khachkar.

Demographics The village had 200 inhabitants in 2005, and 267 inhabitants in 2015.

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