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According to Arsène Saparov, the name is of Persian origin.<ref name="saparov2017">{{cite journal|author=Arsène Saparov|date=2017-09-01|title=Contested spaces: the use of place-names and symbolic landscape in the politics of identity and legitimacy in Azerbaijan|url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/02634937.2017.1350139|journal=Central Asian Survey|volume=36|issue=4|pages=534-554|doi=10.1080/02634937.2017.1350139}}</ref> According to Sergey Melkumyan, the name originated from the name of the ethnically Armenian Chali brothers, due to their patriotism.<ref name="melkumyan">{{cite book |last1=Մելքումյան |first1=Սերգեյ |title=Լերնային Ղարաբաղ |date=1990 |page=174 |pages=303}}</ref>

The village has an ethnic [[Armenians|Armenian]]-majority population, with 467 inhabitants in 2005,<ref name="2005nkrcensus">{{Cite web|url=http://census.stat-nkr.am/nkr/1-1.pdf|title=The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic|website=National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh}}</ref> and 528 inhabitants in 2015.<ref name="2015statistics"/> It had an Azerbaijani-majority population prior to their exodus during the [[First Nagorno-Karabakh War]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Андрей Зубов|title=Андрей Зубов. Карабах: Мир и Война|url=https://drugoivzgliad.com/karabach-mir-i-voina-a-zubov/|website=drugoivzgliad.com}}</ref>{{Bcn|date=December 2021}} According to Melkumyan's book, the village was solely inhabited by Armenians<ref name="melkumyan" />. In 1970 the village had 87 houses and 366 inhabitants, and by 1987 there were 173 houses and 476 inhabitants<ref name="melkumyan" />.