Garagayali 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. The name of the village was noted as “Tezekend” in the Armenian source.

The village was inhabited by 55 Azerbaijanis in 1897. The village was destroyed as a result of the massacre committed by Armenian armed units in 1905–1906.

The toponym was coined on the basis of a multigenerational family name by adding the suffix “–li” to the oronym “Garagaya”.