Azerbaijan

• Azarbaijan, Azarbayjan (from Iranian Persian)
• Adharbaijan, Adharbayjan (from Classical Persian)
• Azerbaidzhan, Azerbaydzhan (via Russian, obsolete)
• Adherbeijan, Adherbijan, Azerbeijan, Azerbeyjan, Azerbijan (obsolete)

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آذربایجان (azerbaycan), from Classical Persian آذَرْبَایْجَان (āzarbāyjān), from Early New Persian آذَرْبَایْگَان (āḏarbāygān) / آذَرْبَادْگَان (āḏarbādgān), from Middle Persian [script needed] (ʾtwrpʾtkʾn) / [script needed] (ʾtwrpʾtkn /⁠āturpātakān, ādurbādagān⁠/),^[1] from [script needed] (ʾtwrpʾt' /⁠āturpāt, ādurbād⁠⁠/, “Atropates (the Persian nobleman who founded the kingdom of Atropatene)”) [whose name descends from Old Persian *Ātr̥pātah (literally “protected by fire”)] +‎ -kʾn' (whence Classical Persian ـگَان (-gān)).

Compare Old Armenian Ատրպատական (Atrpatakan), Ատրապատական (Atrapatakan), Ատրպայական (Atrpayakan), Armenian Ադրբեջան (Adrbeǰan), Byzantine Greek Ἀδαρβιγάνων (Adarbigánōn), Classical Syriac ܐܕܘܪܒܝܓܐܢ (ʾĀḏōrbêḡān), Coptic ⲁⲇⲟⲩⲣⲃⲁⲇⲁⲅⲁⲛ (adourbadagan).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌæz.ə.baɪˈdʒɑːn/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌæz.əɹ.baɪˈdʒɑn/, /ˌɑ.zəɹ.baɪˈdʒɑn/
• (hyperforeign) IPA^(key): /ˌæz.ə(ɹ).baɪˈʒɑːn/, /ˌɑ.zə(ɹ).baɪˈʒɑːn/

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• Rhymes: -ɑːn

Azerbaijan

2. A region in northwestern Iran, where ancient Atropatene was located, encompassing the modern provinces of Ardabil, East Azerbaijan and West Azerbaijan.

   Synonyms: (politically loaded) Iranian Azerbaijan, South Azerbaijan

   • 1830, The life of Sheikh Mohammad Ali Hazin, page 206:

     Tahmâsb Coli Khân went to Azerbâïjân, and having liberated its capital, Tabriz, […]

   • 1886, Works Issued by the Hakluyt Society, page clxi:

     Among these were Azerbaijan and Shirvan, where disorders had freshly broken out, […]

4. A country in the South Caucasus in Asia and Europe. Official name: Republic of Azerbaijan. Capital: Baku.

   Synonyms: Caucasian Azerbaijan, North Azerbaijan

   Near-synonyms: (historical) Arran, Shirvan

   • 2025 September 8, Harlan Ullman, “Will America survive another 250 years?”, in The Hill‎^[2]:

     Trump’s authority has stretched internationally, so far unsuccessfully, to end the wars in Gaza and Ukraine, while claiming success in stopping conflicts between India and Pakistan and Armenia and Azerbaijan.

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

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

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• Rhymes: -ai̯ɟan, -an

• Hyphenation: A‧zer‧bai‧jan

Azerbaijan inan

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

• “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

Azerbaijan

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

From English Azerbaijan.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /azərˈbai̯d͡ʒan/ [a.zərˈbai̯.d͡ʒan]
• Rhymes: -ai̯d͡ʒan
• Syllabification: A‧zer‧bai‧jan

Azerbaijan

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

Azerbaijan

1. Azerbaijani (pertaining to Azerbaijan)

Borrowed from English Azerbaijan, from Ottoman Turkish آذربایجان (Azerbaycan), from Classical Persian آذَرْبَایجَان (āzarbāyjān).

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

Azerbaijan

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

Azerbaijan

1. Azerbaijani (pertaining to Azerbaijan)

   bahasa Azerbaijan ― Azeri, Azerbaijani (language)

   orang Azerbaijan ― Azeri, Azerbaijani (person)

From French Azerbaïdjan.

• IPA^(key): [azɛːbajdʒɑ̃]

Azerbaijan

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

• Azeri

• Azabajani

Azerbaijan

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