Eşmepınar is a village in the Çıldır District, Ardahan Province, Turkey.Köy, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 15 January 2023. Its population is 305 (2021). The village is populated by Karapapakhs.
The historical name of the village of Eşmepınar is Pruti. The Georgian word Pruti (ფრუტი) means "misty drizzling"."ფრუტი" - A Comprehensive Georgian-English Dictionary, London, 2006, 2 column ISBN 0-9535878-3-5 This name appears as Purud (پورود) in the Ottoman land-survey register (mufassal defter) of 1595.გურჯისტანის ვილაიეთის დიდი დავთარი: გამოკვლევა: წიგნი III), Sergi Jikia, Tbilisi, 1947-1958, 3 column, III. column (1958), pp. 390.
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