Baghchajig was a village in the territory of the Iravan uezd of the former Iravan governorate, later in the former Vedi (Ararat) district, and present-day Ararat province. It was located 22- 23 km to the northeast of Vedi and near the Vedi River. The name of the village was noted in “The Iravan Province Comprehensive Data Book” dated 1590 and marked on the five-verst map of the Caucasus.

The village was inhabited by 236 Azerbaijanis in 1873, 361 in 1886, 373 in 1897, 618 in 1904, 680 in 1914 and 455 Azerbaijanis in 1916. The Azerbaijanis were massacred or deported from the village by Armenian armed formations in 1918–1919. After the establishment of Soviet power in present-day Armenia, some of the Azerbaijanis, who were to had to leave the village, managed to return. The village was inhabited by 88 Azerbaijanis in 1922, 130 in 1926, 162 in 1931 and 270 Azerbaijanis in 1939. In accordance with the decision of the USSR Council of Ministers “On On the resettlement of collective farmers and other Azerbaijani population from Armenian SSR to the Kur-Araz lowlands of the Azerbaijan SSR” dated 23 December 1947, the Azerbaijanis were forced to deport to Azerbaijan and the village was abolished in 1959. At present, the village is in ruins.

The toponym was coined by adding the suffix “jig” to the word “baghcha” meaning “a garden”.