أذربيجان

Arabic

Alternative forms

• أَذَرْبَايْجَان (ʔaḏarbāyjān), آذَرْبَايْجَان (ʔāḏarbāyjān)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian آذَرْبَایْجَان (āzarbāyjān), Arabized form of Early New Persian آذَرْبَایْگَان (āḏārbāygān) / آذَرْبَادْگَان (āḏarbādgān), from Middle Persian ʾtwrpʾtkʾn / ʾtwrpʾtkn (Ādurbādagān), named after Atropates, the founder of the kingdom of Atropatene.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔa.ðar.baj.d͡ʒaːn/
  • (Hijazi) IPA^(key): /ʔa.ðar.beː.d͡ʒaːn/, /ʔa.ðir.beː.d͡ʒaːn/

Proper noun

أَذَرْبَيْجَان • (ʔaḏarbayjān) f

1. (original sense) Azerbaijan (a region in northwestern Iran, where ancient Atropatene was located, encompassing the modern provinces of Ardabil, East Azerbaijan and West Azerbaijan)
2. [from 20th c.] Azerbaijan (a country in the South Caucasus, Asia and Europe)

   Synonyms: أَذَرْبَيْجَان الْقَوْقَازِيَّة (ʔaḏarbayjān al-qawqāziyya), أَذَرْبَيْجَان الشَّمَالِيَّة (ʔaḏarbayjān aš-šamāliyya)

Declension

Declension of noun أَذَرْبَيْجَان (ʔaḏarbayjān)

Singular	basic singular diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	أَذَرْبَيْجَان ʔaḏarbayjān	—
Nominative	—	أَذَرْبَيْجَانُ ʔaḏarbayjānu	—
Accusative	—	أَذَرْبَيْجَانَ ʔaḏarbayjāna	—
Genitive	—	أَذَرْبَيْجَانَ ʔaḏarbayjāna	—

Derived terms

• أَذَرْبَيْجَان الشَّرْقِيَّة (ʔaḏarbayjān aš-šarqiyya)
• أَذَرْبَيْجَان الشَّمَالِيَّة (ʔaḏarbayjān aš-šamāliyya)
• أَذَرْبَيْجَان الْغَرْبِيَّة (ʔaḏarbayjān al-ḡarbiyya)
• أَذَرْبَيْجَان الْقَوْقَازِيَّة (ʔaḏarbayjān al-qawqāziyya)
• أَذَرْبَيْجَانِيّ (ʔaḏarbayjāniyy)

Related terms

• أَذَرِيّ (ʔaḏariyy)