Azerbaijan

English

Etymology

From Persian آذربایجان (âzarbâyjân), from Arabic أَذَرْبَيْجَان (ʔaḏarbayjān), from Classical Persian آذربایگان (āðarbāygān)/آذربادگان (āzarbādgān), from Middle Persian [script needed] (ʾtwrpʾtkʾn), [script needed] (ʾtwrpʾtkn /⁠Ādurbādagān⁠/), from the name of Atropates, the Persian nobleman who founded the independent kingdom of Atropatene, from Old Persian *Ātr̥pātah (/⁠Āturpat⁠/, “protected by fire”). For the suffix see -ական (-akan), گان (gân). Compare Old Armenian Ատրպատական (Atrpatakan), Ատրապատական (Atrapatakan), Ատրպայական (Atrpayakan), Armenian Ադրբեջան (Adrbeǰan), Byzantine Greek Ἀδαρβιγάνων (Adarbigánōn), Classical Syriac ܐܕܘܪܒܝܓܐܢ (ʾĀḏōrbêḡān), Coptic ⲁⲇⲟⲩⲣⲃⲁⲇⲁⲅⲁⲛ (adourbadagan).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌæz.ə(ɹ).baɪˈdʒɑːn/, /əˈzɛː(ɹ).baɪˌdʒɑːn/

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• (hyperforeign) IPA^(key): /ˌæz.ə(ɹ).baɪˈʒɑːn/, /əˈzɛː(ɹ).baɪˌʒɑːn/

Proper noun

Azerbaijan

2. A country in the South Caucasus, Asia and Europe. Official name: Republic of Azerbaijan. Capital: Baku.
4. A region in northwestern Iran.

   Synonyms: Iranian Azerbaijan, (politically loaded) South Azerbaijan

Derived terms

• East Azerbaijan
• West Azerbaijan

Related terms

• Azeri
• Azerbaijani
• Azerbaijan SSR
• AZE

Translations

country

Abaza: Азербайджан (Azerbajdžan) Abkhaz: Азербаиџьан (Azerbajdžan) Afrikaans: Azerbaidjan (af), Azerbeidjan (af) Albanian: Azerbajxhan m, Azerbajxhani m (definite) Amharic: አዜርባይጃን (ʾäzerbayǧan) Arabic: أَذَرْبَيْجَان (ar) f (ʔaḏarbayjān) Hijazi Arabic: أذربيجان f (ʔaḏarbējān) Aragonese: Azerbayán m, Azerbaichán Aramaic: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܲܕܘܿܪܒܲܝܓܵܢ f (ādorbaygan) Classical Syriac: ܐܕܘܪܒܝܓܐܢ Armenian: Ադրբեջան (Adrbeǰan) Assamese: আজাৰবাইজান (azarobaizan) Asturian: Azerbaixán (ast) m Avar: Азарбижан (Azarbižan) Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan (az) Cyrillic: Азәрбајҹан Bashkir: Әзербайжан (Əzerbayjan) Basque: Azerbaijan (eu) Belarusian: Азербайджа́н m (Azjerbajdžán), Азэрбайджа́н m (Azerbajdžán) (Taraškievica) Bengali: আজারবাইজান (bn) (ajarbaijan) Bhutanese: ཨཛར་བཡེ་ཇན (dzar b.ye jan) Breton: Azerbaidjan Bulgarian: Азербайджа́н (bg) m (Azerbajdžán) Burmese: အဇာဘိုင်ဂျန် (a.jabhuinggyan) Catalan: Azerbaidjan (ca) m Chechen: Азербайджан (Azerbajdžan) Cherokee: ᎠᏏᎵᏆᏌᏂ (asiliquasani) Chinese: Cantonese: 阿塞拜疆 (aa3 coi3 baai3 goeng1) Mandarin: 阿塞拜疆 (zh) (Āsàibàijiāng) (Mainland); 亞塞拜然／亚塞拜然 (zh) (Yàsàibàirán) (Taiwan) Chuvash: Азербайджан (Azerbajdžan) Coptic: Akhmimic: ⲁⲇⲟⲩⲣⲃⲁⲇⲁⲅⲁⲛ (adourbadagan) Crimean Tatar: Azerbaycan Czech: Ázerbájdžán (cs) m Danish: Aserbajdsjan Dhivehi: އަޒަރުބައިޖާން (dv) (azarubaijān̊), އަޒަރުބައިޖާން (dv) (azarubaijān̊) Dutch: Azerbeidzjan (nl) n Esperanto: Azerbajĝano (eo) Estonian: Aserbaidžaan (et) Faroese: Aserbajdjan n, Aserbadsjan n Finnish: Azerbaidžan (fi) French: Azerbaïdjan (fr) m Gagauz: Azerbaycan Galician: Acerbaixán (gl) m Georgian: აზერბაიჯანი (ka) (azerbaiǯani) German: Aserbaidschan (de) n Greek: Αζερμπαϊτζάν (el) n (Azermpaïtzán) Ancient: Ἀτροπατηνή f (Atropatēnḗ) Medieval: Ἀδαρβιγάνων n (Adarbigánōn) Gujarati: અઝેરબીજાન (ajherbījān) Hausa: Azerbaijan, Azarbaijan Hebrew: אָזֶרְבַּיְיגָ׳ן／אָזֶרְבַּיְגָ׳ן f (azerbayján) Hindi: अज़रबैजान (hi) m (azarbaijān), आज़र्बैजान m (āzarbaijān) Hungarian: Azerbajdzsán (hu) Icelandic: Aserbaídsjan (is) n Ido: Azerbaijan (io) Igbo: Azabaijan Indonesian: Azerbaijan (id) Ingush: Гӏазармохк (Ğazarmoxk), Пирсаьний Мохк (Pirsäniı̇ Moxk) Interlingua: Azerbaidjan Irish: an Asarbaiseáin f, Poblacht na hAsarbaiseáine f Italian: Azerbaigian (it) m Japanese: アゼルバイジャン (ja) (Azerubaijan) Kalenjin: Azabajan Kamba: Azabajani Kannada: ಅಜೇರ್‍ಬೈಜಾನ್ (ajēr‍baijān) Karakalpak: Azerbayjan Kazakh: Әзірбайжан (kk) (Äzırbaijan) Khakas: Азербайӌан (Azerbaycan) Khmer: អាស៊ែបៃហ្សង់ (km) (ʼaasɛɛbayzɑng) Kikuyu: Azabajani Korean: 아제르바이잔 (ko) (Ajereubaijan), 아제르바이쟌 (ko) (Ajereubaijan) (North Korea) Kumyk: Азербайжан (Azerbayjan) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: ئازەربایجان (azerbaycan) Northern Kurdish: Azerbeycan (ku) Kyrgyz: Азербайжан (ky) (Azerbayjan) Ladin: please add this translation if you can Ladino: please add this translation if you can Lak: Азирбижан (Azirbižan) Lao: ອາເຊໄບຈານ (ʼā sē bai chān), ອາແຊັກບາຍຊັນ (ʼā sæk bāi san), ອາແຊກໄບຊານ (ʼā sǣk bai sān) Latin: Ātropātēna f (especially ancient), Ātropātia f, Āzerbāizānia f, Āzerbāidzānia f, Āzerbāigiānia Latvian: Azerbaidžāna (lv) f Limburgish: Azerbaidzjan, Azerbeizjaan (li) Lithuanian: Azerbaidžanas (lt) m Low German: Aserbaidschan Luhya: Ebuazabaja Luo: Azabajan Luxembourgish: Aserbaidschan (lb) n Macedonian: Азербајџа́н m (Azerbajdžán) Malay: Azerbaijan (ms) Malayalam: അസർബൈജാന് (asaṟbaijānŭ), അസര്ബെയ്ജാന് (asarbeyjānŭ) Maltese: L-Ażerbajġan m Maori: Atepaihānia, Ahapaiāna Marathi: अझरबैजान (ajharbaijān) Meru: Azabajani Mingrelian: აზერბაიჯანი (azerbaiǯani) Mongolian: Cyrillic: Азербайжан (mn) (Azerbajžan) Mongolian: ᠠᠽᠧᠷᠪᠠᠶᠢᠵᠠᠨ (azērbayiǰan) Nauruan: Azerbaijan Navajo: Daakǫʼ Dineʼé Bikéyah Norman: Azerbaidgian m Northern Sami: Aserbaižan Norwegian: Bokmål: Aserbajdsjan (no) n Nynorsk: Aserbajdsjan (nn) n Old Church Slavonic: Cyrillic: Аꙁѣрбаичанъ m (Azěrbaičanŭ) (modern) Ossetian: Азербайджан (Azerbajǵan) Pashto: ازربايجان m (azarbāyjān), اذربايجان m (azarbāyjān), آذربايجان m (āzarbāyjān) Persian: Dari: آذَرْبَایْجَان (fa) Iranian Persian: آذَرْبایْجان (fa) Polish: Azerbejdżan (pl) m Portuguese: Azerbaijão (pt) m Punjabi: Gurmukhi: ਅਜ਼ਰਬਾਈਜਾਨ m (azarbāījān) Quechua: Asarsuyu Romanian: Azerbaidjan (ro) n Romansch: Aserbeidschan m Russian: Азербайджа́н (ru) m (Azerbajdžán) Samoan: Azerbaijin (sm) Sanskrit: अजर्बैजान (ajarbaijāna) Scottish Gaelic: Asarbaidean Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Азерба̀јџа̄н m, Азербѐјџа̄н m Roman: Azerbàjdžān (sh) m, Azerbèjdžān m Shona: Azabhaijani Sicilian: Azzirbaiggian m Silesian: Azerbejdżůn m Sindhi: آذربائيجان Sinhalese: අසර්‍බයිජාන් (asarbayijān) Slovak: Azerbajdžan (sk) m Slovene: Azerbajdžán (sl) m Spanish: Azerbaiyán (es) m Swahili: Azerbaijan (sw) Swedish: Azerbajdzjan (sv) n Sylheti: ꠀꠎꠣꠞ꠆ꠛꠣꠁꠎꠣꠘ (azarbaizan) Tagalog: Aserbayan (tl) Tajik: Озарбойҷон (tg) (Ozarboyjon) Tamil: அஸர்பைஜான் (asarpaijāṉ) Tatar: Азәрбайҗан (Azärbaycan) Telugu: అజర్బైజాన్ (ajarbaijān) Thai: อาเซอร์ไบจาน (th) (aa-səə-bai-jaan) Tibetan: ཨ་ཛར་བཡི་ཇན (a dzar b.yi jan) Tigrinya: አዘርባጃን (ʾäzärbaǧan) Turkish: Azerbaycan (tr) Turkmen: Azerbaýjan, Azerbeýjan Cyrillic: Азербайҗан, Азербейҗан Ukrainian: Азербайджа́н (uk) m (Azerbajdžán) Urdu: آذَرْبائِیجان m (āzarbāījān) Uyghur: ئەزەربەيجان (ezerbeyjan) Uzbek: Ozarbayjon (uz) Cyrillic: Озарбайжон (Ozarbayjon) Veps: please add this translation if you can Vietnamese: Ai-déc-bai-gian, A-déc-bai-dan (vi) Volapük: Lasärbäcän (vo) Võro: Asõrbaidžaan Votic: please add this translation if you can Welsh: Aserbaijan, Azerbaijan West Frisian: Azerbeidzjan Xhosa: Azerbayijani Yakut: Азербайдьан (Azerbayjan) Yiddish: אַזערבײַדזשאַן n (azerbaydzhan) Yoruba: Asẹ́bájánì

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Northern Altai: (please verify) Азербайджан (Azerbaydžan) Southern Altai: (please verify) Азербайджан (Azerbaydžan)

See also

• (countries of Asia) country of Asia; Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Cyprus, East Timor, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen
• (countries of Europe) countries of Europe; Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia (Czech Republic), Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Vatican City

Further reading

• Category:Azerbaijan on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Azerbaijan on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Azerbaijan on Wikiquote.Wikiquote
• Azerbaijan on Wikivoyage.Wikivoyage

Basque

Basque Wikipedia has an article on:

Azerbaijan

Wikipedia ^eu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /as̻erbai̯ɟan/ [a.s̻er.β̞ai̯.ɟãn]

 

• IPA^(key): (Southern) /as̻erbai̯jan/ [a.s̻er.β̞ai̯.jãn]

• IPA^(key): (Gipuzkoan) /as̻erbai̯jan/ [a.s̻er.β̞ai̯.jãn]
• IPA^(key): (Biscayan) /as̺erbai̯d͡ʒan/ [a.s̺er.β̞ai̯.d͡ʒãn]
• IPA^(key): (Navarrese) /as̻erbai̯jan/ [a.s̻er.β̞ai̯.jãn]

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• Rhymes: -ai̯ɟan

 

• Rhymes: -ai̯jan

• Rhymes: -ai̯jan
• Rhymes: -ai̯dʒan
• Rhymes: -ai̯jan

• Hyphenation: A‧zer‧bai‧jan

Proper noun

Azerbaijan inan

1. Azerbaijan (a country in the South Caucasus, Asia and Europe)

Declension

	indefinite
absolutive	Azerbaijan
ergative	Azerbaijanek
dative	Azerbaijani
genitive	Azerbaijanen
comitative	Azerbaijanekin
causative	Azerbaijanengatik
benefactive	Azerbaijanentzat
instrumental	Azerbaijanez
inessive	Azerbaijanen
locative	Azerbaijango
allative	Azerbaijanera
terminative	Azerbaijaneraino
directive	Azerbaijanerantz
destinative	Azerbaijanerako
ablative	Azerbaijandik
partitive	Azerbaijanik
prolative	Azerbaijantzat

Declension of Azerbaijan (inanimate, ending in consonant)

Derived terms

• azerbaijandar (“Azerbaijani”)
• azerbaijanera (“Azerbaijani language”)

 

See also

• (countries of Europe) Europako herrialdeak; Albania, Alemania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgika, Bielorrusia, Bosnia eta Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Danimarka, Eslovakia, Eslovenia, Espainia, Estonia, Erresuma Batua, Errumania, Errusia, Finlandia, Frantzia, Georgia, Grezia, Herbehereak, Hungaria, Ipar Mazedonia, Irlanda, Islandia, Italia, Kazakhstan, Kroazia, Letonia, Liechtenstein, Lituania, Luxenburgo, Malta, Moldavia, Monako, Montenegro, Norvegia, Polonia, Portugal, San Marino, Serbia, Suedia, Suitza, Turkia, Txekia, Ukraina, Vatikano Hiria, Zipre

Further reading

• “38.- Munduko estatuen izenak, herritarren izenak, hizkuntza ofizialak eta hiriburuak [Names of the states of the world, nationalities, official languages and capitals]”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Arauak, Euskaltzaindia, 2019

Ido

Proper noun

Azerbaijan

1. Azerbaijan (a country in the South Caucasus, Asia and Europe)

See also

• (countries of Europe) lando di Europa; Albania, Andora, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bielorusia, Belgia, Bosnia e Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Kroatia, Chipro, Chekia, Dania, Estonia, Finlando, Francia, Gruzia, Germania, Grekia, Hungaria, Islando, Irlando, Italia, Kazakstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lituania, Luxemburgia, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monako, Montenegro, Nederlando, Norvegia, Polonia, Portugal, Rumania, Rusia, San-Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Hispania, Suedia, Suisia, Turkia, Ukraina, Unionita Rejio, Vatikano

Indonesian

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:

Azerbaijan

Wikipedia ^id

Etymology

From English Azerbaijan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [azərˈbai̯d͡ʒan]

Proper noun

Azerbaijan

1. Azerbaijan (a country in the South Caucasus, Asia and Europe)

See also

• (countries of Europe) negara-negara di Eropa; Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belanda, Belarus, Belgia, Bosnia dan Herzegovina, Britania Raya, Bulgaria, Ceko, Denmark, Estonia, Finlandia, Georgia, Hongaria, Irlandia, Islandia, Italia, Jerman, Kazakhstan, Kroasia, Latvia, Listenstaina, Lituania, Luksemburg, Makedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monako, Montenegro, Norwegia, Perancis, Polandia, Portugal, Rumania, Rusia, San Marino, Serbia, Siprus, Slovenia, Slowakia, Spanyol, Swedia, Swiss, Turki, Ukraina, Yunani, Vatikan
• (countries of Asia) negara-negara di Asia; Afganistan, Arab Saudi, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Filipina, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Irak, Iran, Israel, Jepang, Kamboja, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Korea Selatan, Korea Utara, Kuwait, Laos, Libanon, Maladewa, Malaysia, Mesir, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Palestina, Qatar, Rusia, Singapura, Siprus, Sri Lanka, Suriah, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor Leste, Tiongkok, Turki, Turkmenistan, Uni Emirat Arab, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yaman, Yordania

Adjective

Azerbaijan

1. Azerbaijani (pertaining to Azerbaijan)

See also

• (countries of Asia) negara-negara di Asia; Afganistan, Arab Saudi, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Filipina, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Irak, Iran, Israel, Jepang, Kamboja, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Korea Selatan, Korea Utara, Kuwait, Laos, Libanon, Maladewa, Malaysia, Mesir, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Palestina, Qatar, Rusia, Singapura, Siprus, Sri Lanka, Suriah, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor Leste, Tiongkok, Turki, Turkmenistan, Uni Emirat Arab, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yaman, Yordania
• (countries of Europe) negara-negara di Eropa; Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belanda, Belarus, Belgia, Bosnia dan Herzegovina, Britania Raya, Bulgaria, Ceko, Denmark, Estonia, Finlandia, Georgia, Hongaria, Irlandia, Islandia, Italia, Jerman, Kazakhstan, Kroasia, Latvia, Listenstaina, Lituania, Luksemburg, Makedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monako, Montenegro, Norwegia, Perancis, Polandia, Portugal, Rumania, Rusia, San Marino, Serbia, Siprus, Slovenia, Slowakia, Spanyol, Swedia, Swiss, Turki, Ukraina, Yunani, Vatikan

Malay

Malay Wikipedia has an article on:

Azerbaijan

Wikipedia ^ms

Etymology

See English Azerbaijan, from Ancient Greek Ἀτροπατηνή (Atropatēnḗ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /azə(r)bai̯d͡ʒan/
• Rhymes: -d͡ʒan, -an

Proper noun

Azerbaijan

1. Azerbaijan (a country in the South Caucasus, Asia and Europe)

See also

• (countries of Europe) negara-negara di Eropah; Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belanda, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia dan Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Itali, Jerman, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia Utara, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Norway, Perancis, Poland, Portugal, Republik Czech, Romania, Rusia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sepanyol, Sweden, Switzerland, Turki, Ukraina, United Kingdom, Vatican
• (countries of Asia) negara-negara di Asia; Afghanistan, Arab Saudi, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, China, Cyprus, Emiriah Arab Bersatu, Filipina, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jepun, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kemboja, Korea Selatan, Korea Utara, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lubnan, Malaysia, Maldives, Mesir, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Palestin, Qatar, Rusia, Singapura, Sri Lanka, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor Leste, Turki, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yaman

Adjective

Azerbaijan

1. Azerbaijani (pertaining to Azerbaijan)

   bahasa Azerbaijan ― Azeri, Azerbaijani (language)

   orang Azerbaijan ― Azeri, Azerbaijani (person)

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French Azerbaïdjan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [azɛːbajdʒɑ̃]

Proper noun

Azerbaijan

1. Azerbaijan (a country in the South Caucasus, Asia and Europe)

Related terms

• Azeri

Swahili

Swahili Wikipedia has an article on:

Azerbaijan

Wikipedia ^sw

Alternative forms

• Azabajani

Proper noun

Azerbaijan

1. Azerbaijan (a country in the South Caucasus, Asia and Europe)