Azərbaycan
Appearance
Azerbaijani
[edit]| Cyrillic | Азәрбајҹан | |
|---|---|---|
| Arabic | آذربایجان | |
Etymology
[edit]Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₁ter-
Proto-Iranian *HáHtr̥š
Proto-Iranian *HaHtr̥paHtah
Old Persian *Ātr̥pātah (/Āturpat/)
Middle Persian ʾtwrpʾtkʾn (ādurbādagān)
Early New Persian آذَرْبَایْگَان / آذَرْبَادْگَان (āḏarbāygān / āḏarbādgān)
Azerbaijani Azərbaycan
Borrowed from Classical Persian آذَرْبَایْجَان (āzarbāyjān), from Arabic أَذَرْبَيْجَان (ʔaḏarbayjān), from Early New Persian آذربایگان (āḏarbāygān), آذربادگان (āḏarbādgān), from Middle Persian ʾtwrpʾtkʾn (/ādurbādagān/), from the name of Atropates, the founder of the kingdom of Atropatene, from Old Persian *Ātr̥pātah (/Āturpat/, “protected by fire”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Azərbaycan (definite accusative Azərbaycanı, plural Azərbaycanlar)
- Azerbaijan (a country in the South Caucasus in Asia and Europe)
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:Azərbaycan
- (in izafet II compounds) Azerbaijani (of, from, or pertaining to Azerbaijan)
- Azərbaycan dili ― Azerbaijani language
- Azərbaycan xalqı ― Azerbaijani people
- Azərbaycan dövləti ― the Azerbaijani state
- Azərbaycan yazıçıları ― Azerbaijani writers
- Azərbaycan vətəndaşları ― Azerbaijani nationals; Azerbaijani citizens
Declension
[edit]| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Azərbaycan |
| definite accusative | Azərbaycanı |
| dative | Azərbaycana |
| locative | Azərbaycanda |
| ablative | Azərbaycandan |
| definite genitive | Azərbaycanın |
Derived terms
[edit]- Azərbaycan Xalq Cümhuriyyəti (“ Azerbaijan Democratic Republic”)
- Azərbaycan Respublikası (“Republic of Azerbaijan”)
- azərbaycanca (“in Azerbaijani”)
- azərbaycandilli (“Azerbaijani-language; Azerbaijani-speaking”)
- azərbaycanlı (“Azerbaijani person”)
- azərbaycanşünas
- azərbaycanşünaslıq
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “Azərbaycan” in Obastan.com.
Categories:
- Azerbaijani terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Azerbaijani terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Azerbaijani terms derived from Early New Persian
- Azerbaijani terms derived from Old Persian
- Azerbaijani terms derived from Proto-Iranian
- Azerbaijani terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *h₂eh₁ter-
- Azerbaijani terms borrowed from Classical Persian
- Azerbaijani terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂eh₁-
- Azerbaijani terms derived from Classical Persian
- Azerbaijani terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *peh₂-
- Azerbaijani terms derived from Middle Persian
- Azerbaijani terms derived from Arabic
- Azerbaijani terms with IPA pronunciation
- Azerbaijani terms with audio pronunciation
- Azerbaijani lemmas
- Azerbaijani proper nouns
- az:Azerbaijan
- az:Countries in Asia
- az:Countries in Europe
- Azerbaijani terms with collocations
