Aktaş is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Şenkaya, Erzurum Province in Turkey.Mahalle , Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023. Its population is 63 (2022).
The old name of the village of Aktaş is Vardaneti. Vardaneti (ვარდანეთი) is a Georgian place name. It derives from the Georgian word "vardi" (ვარდი) and means "Rose place"."ტაო", Mamia Paghava, Meri Tsintsadze, Maia Baramidze, Malkhaz Choharadze, Tina Shioshvili, Ramaz Khalvashi, Nugzar Mgeladze, Zaza Shashikadze, Merab Halvashi, Jimşer Chkhvimiani, Jemal Karalidze, Batum, 2020, pp. 798. ISBN 978-9941-25-828-2"ვარდი" - A Comprehensive Georgian-English Dictionary, London, 2006 ISBN 0-9535878-3-5 In the Georgian manuscript Tbetis Sulta Matiane (12th-16th century), Vardaneti is mentioned as a family name."ტბეთის სულთა მატიანე", by Tina Enukidze, Tbilisi, 1977, 215, 279, 430.
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