Jaghatay was a village in the Sharur-Daralayaz uezd of the former Iravan governorate, later in the former Pashali (Azizbeyov, Vayk) district, and present-day Vayots Dzor province. It was located near the Arpachay. The name of the village was noted in “The Iravan Province Review Book” compiled in 1728 and marked on the five-verst map of the Caucasus. It was noted as “Jaghata” in Armenian sources.

The village was solely inhabited by Azerbaijanis: 30 in 1831, 70 in 1873, 86 in 1886, 98 in 1897, 94 in 1904, 103 in 1914 and 135 Azerbaijanis in 1916. The village was attacked by Armenian Dashnak armed units in 1918 and the Azerbaijanis were dispersed. After the establishment of Soviet power in present-day Armenia, those Azerbaijanis who survived managed to return to their historical and ethnic lands. There lived 15 Azerbaijanis in 1922. They were forced to leave from the village in 1923. The village was abolished in 1925. At present, it is in ruins.

The toponym was coined on the basis of the ethnonym “Jaghatay”, a branch of the Turkic Kangarli tribes.