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/, /ə.ˈzɛː(ɹ).baɪˌdʒɑːn/

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

Proper noun

Azerbaijan

2. A country in Europe and Asia. 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)
• Aragonese: Azerbayán m, Azerbaichán
• Aramaic:

  Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܲܕܘܿܪܒܲܝܓܵܢ‎ f (ādorbaygan)

  Classical Syriac: ܐܕܘܪܒܝܓܐܢ‎

• Armenian: Ադրբեջան (Adrbeǰan)
• Assamese: আজাৰবাইজান (azarobaizan)
• Asturian: Azerbaiyán (ast) m
• Avar: Азарбижан (Azarbižan)
• Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan (az)

  Cyrillic: Азәрбајҹан

• Bashkir: Әзербайжан (Əzirbayjan)
• Basque: Azerbaijan (eu)
• Belarusian: Азербайджа́н m (Azjerbajdžán), Азэрбайджа́н m (Azerbajdžán) (Taraškievica)
• Bengali: আজারবাইজান (bn) (ajarbaijan)
• 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 n
• Dhivehi: އަޒަރުބައިޖާން‎ (dv) (azarubaijān̊), އަޒަރުބައިޖާން‎ (dv) (azarubaijān̊)
• Dutch: Azerbeidzjan (nl) n
• Esperanto: Azerbajĝano (eo)
• Estonian: Aserbaidžaan (et)
• Faroese: Aserbajdjan 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)

  Medieval: Ἀδαρβιγάνων n (Adarbigánōn)

  Ancient: Ἀτροπατηνή f (Atropatēnḗ)

• Gujarati: અજરબેયજાન (ajarbeyajān)
• 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 (Pirsänii 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)
• Latin: Ātropātēna f (esp. ancient), Ātropātia f, Āzerbāizānia f, Āzerbāidzānia f, Āzerbāigiānia
• Latvian: Azerbaidžāna 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
• 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

• Ossetian: Азербайджан (Azerbajǵan)
• Pashto: ازربايجان‎ m (azarbāyjān), اذربايجان‎ m (azarbāyjān), آذربايجان‎ m (āzarbāyjān)
• Persian: آذَرْبایْجان‎ (fa) (âzarbâyjân)
• Polish: Azerbejdżan (pl) m
• Portuguese: Azerbaijão (pt) m
• 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 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) country 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

Basque

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]

• (Navarro-Lapurdian) Rhymes: -ai̯ɟan

 

• (Southern) Rhymes: -ai̯jan

• (Gipuzkoan) Rhymes: -ai̯jan
• (Biscayan) Rhymes: -ai̯dʒan
• (Navarrese) Rhymes: -ai̯jan

• Hyphenation: A‧zer‧bai‧jan

Proper noun

Azerbaijan inan

1. Azerbaijan (a country in Europe and Asia)

Declension

Declension of Azerbaijan (inanimate, ending in consonant)

	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

Derived terms

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

 

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 Europe and Asia)

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

Etymology

From English Azerbaijan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [azərˈbai̯d͡ʒan]

Proper noun

Azerbaijan

1. Azerbaijan (a country in Europe and Asia)

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, 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

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 Europe and Asia)

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 Europe and Asia)

Related terms

• Azeri