Batakhli was a winter pasture located in the territory of the Gazakh uezd of the former Yelizavetpol (Ganja) governorate, later in the former Shamshaddin (Berd) district, and present-day Tavush province. It was dissolved in 1930.

The toponym was coined by adding the derivative suffix “-lı” to the word “batag” used in the sense of “mud” in Azerbaijani. It means “a winter pasture located in the territory of the swampy, muddy area”.