Alabalık is a village in the Posof District, Ardahan Province, Turkey.Köy , Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 15 January 2023. Its population is 109 (2021).
The former name of Alabalık village was Saikhve. Saikhve (), a Georgian place name, is derived from the word "ikhv"’ (იხვი: duck) and means "duck farm" or "place where ducks are raised"."იხვი" - A Comprehensive Georgian-English Dictionary, Londra, 2006, 2 volumes ISBN 0-9535878-3-5"საიხვე" - A Comprehensive Georgian-English Dictionary, Londra, 2006, 2 volumes ISBN 0-9535878-3-5 It was recorded as "Saivkhe" (سایوخۀ) in the Ottoman land-survey register (mufassal defter) of 1595 as a result of metathesis.გურჯისტანის ვილაიეთის დიდი დავთარი: გამოკვლევა: წიგნი III), Sergi Jikia, Tbilisi, 1947-1958, 3 volumes, volume III (1958), p. 448.
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