Terloy

The Terloy (also Terlo, Teroy) (Chechen: ТIерлой, ТIерой) is a Chechen teip. The exact population of the teip is not known, however it is estimated to be around 30,000 people. Terloy speak in the Itum-Kali dialect of the Chechen language.

The emblem of the Terloy.

Chechen writer and poet Magomet Mamakaev defined the Terloy as a Tukkhum in his works, however literature, material and legends by the Terloy themselves are proof that they are in fact a larger teip, with all the typical characteristics of a Chechen teip.[1]

Etymology

The name Terloy comes from the geographical place of origin. Ter- meaning "upper" and -loy which indicates to belonging to a group or place.

History

The Terloy originate from Terloy-Mohk, an area in the south-western mountains of Chechnya. There are no people living there after February 1944. All villages were destroyed by Soviet government and was forbidden to live there because the region was considered as rebellious and dangerous. Nowadays the majority of the Terloy tribe reside in the western part of Chechnya, in the Groznensky District, Achkhoy-Martanovsky District, Urus-Martanovsky District, Akhmeta Municipality of Georgia and in some villages in Ingushetia.

In 1994 in the beginning of First Chechen War there were formed some groups by the Terloy to fight the Russian aggression. There was also one regiment organized by the people of the Galanchozhsky District called "Galanchozhan Polk" but was mostly composed of Terloy, because the leader of the regiment was a Terloy.

«Дийначу нехан буьйда бIаьргаш диина маI-ТIерлой» - Terloy, who ate uncooked eyes of alive people. This is a saying which comes from a folk tale, according to which the Terloys ate the eye of a man from a group of people who came to steal cattle of Terloy. Terloy people killed all the men except one, this was that poor man who lost his eye. They left him as an example for others so that he would tell people who did it and for what reason.

Terloy sub-tribes

List of Terloy sub-tribes, or "gar" in Chechen

  1. Bovloy
  2. Gimroy
  3. Gezkhoy
  4. Kenakhoy
  5. Motsaroy
  6. Nikarkhoy
  7. Oshni
  8. Senakhoy
  9. Shundiy
  10. Eldapkharoy
  11. Meshtaroy
  12. Guoroy
  13. Geshiy
  14. Yurdakhoy
  15. Tukhoy
  16. Idakhoy
  17. Celtuqumoy
  18. Arstakhoy
  19. Zhelashkhoy
  20. Barhoy
  21. Boshni
  22. Beshkhoy
  23. Gelashkhoy
  24. Zherakhoy
  25. Otti
  26. Baskhoy
  27. Baray
  28. Pezhoy
  29. Pezhabasoy
  30. Burtakhoy
  • A mosque in the village Oshni
  • Guard tower in Motsaroy
  • Ruins of the village Nikaroy

See also

References
  1. Ilyasov, Lecha (2004). Тени вечности. Чеченцы: архитектура, история, духовные традиции. p. 332.
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