Arılı is a village in the Posof District, Ardahan Province, Turkey.Köy, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 15 January 2023. Its population is 52 (2021).
The old name of the village of Arılı is Zedatsminda. Zedatsminda () is a Georgian place name and consists of the Georgian words ‘zeda’ (ზედა: upper) and ‘tsminda’ (წმინდა: saint)."ზედა " - Wiktionary"წმინდა" - Wiktionary This place name was written as "Zedavan Zminda" (زدوان ذمندە) in the Ottoman land-survey register (mufassal defter) of 1595.გურჯისტანის ვილაიეთის დიდი დავთარი: გამოკვლევა: წიგნი III), Sergi Jikia, Tbilisi, 1947-1958, 3 volumes, volume III (1958), p. 452
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