Azerbaijan

English

Etymology

From Persian آذربایجان (âzarbâyjân), from Arabic أَذَرْبَيْجَان (ʔaḏarbayjān), from Classical Persian آذربایگان (âðarbâyegân), آذربادگان (âðarbâdgân), form 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 𐎠𐎬𐎼𐎱𐎫 (Āturpat, “protected by fire”). For the suffix see -ական (-akan). Compare Old Armenian Ատրպատական (Atrpatakan), Ատրապատական (Atrapatakan), Ատրպայական (Atrpayakan), Armenian Ադրբեջան (Adrbeǰan), Byzantine Greek Ἀδαρβιγάνων (Adarbigánōn), Classical Syriac ܐܕܘܪܒܝܓܐܢ (ʾĀḏōrbêḡān).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌæz.ə(ɹ).baɪˈ(d)ʒɑːn/, /ə.ˈzɛː(ɹ).baɪˌdʒɑːn/

• Audio (US):

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Proper noun

Azerbaijan

2. A country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia; official name: Republic of Azerbaijan
4. Iranian Azerbaijan

Related terms

• Azeri
• Azerbaijani
• Azerbaijan SSR
• AZE

Translations

country

• Abaza: Азербайджан (Azerbajdžan)
• Abkhaz: Азербаиџьан (Azerbajdžan)
• Afrikaans: Azerbaidjan (af), Azerbeidjan (af)
• Albanian: Azerbajxhan m
• Amharic: አዜርባይጃን (ʾäzerbayǧan)
• Arabic: أَذَرْبَيْجَان m (ʔaḏarbayjān), آذَرْبَيْجَان m (ʔāḏarbayjān)
• Aragonese: Azerbayán m, Azerbaichán
• Armenian: Ադրբեջան (Adrbeǰan)
• Assamese: আজাৰবাইজান (azarbaizan)
• Asturian: Azerbaiyán (ast) m
• Avar: Азарбижан (Azarbižan)
• Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan (az)

  Cyrillic: Азәрбајҹан

• Bashkir: Әзербайжан (Əzerbayjan)
• Basque: Azerbaijan (eu)
• Belarusian: Азербайджа́н m (Azjerbajdžán)
• Bengali: আজারবাইজান (ajarbaijan)
• Breton: Azerbaidjan
• Bulgarian: Азербайджа́н (bg) m (Azerbajdžán)
• Burmese: အဇာဘိုင်ဂျန် (a.jabhuinggyan)
• Catalan: Azerbaidjan (ca) m
• Chechen: Азербайджан (Azerbajdžan)
• Cherokee: ᎠᏏᎵᏆᏌᏂ (asiliquasani)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿塞拜疆 (zh) (Āsàibàijiāng) (Mainland); 亞塞拜然／亚塞拜然 (zh), 亚塞拜然 (Yàsàibàirán) (Taiwan)

• Chuvash: Азербайджан (Azerbajdžan)
• Crimean Tatar: Azerbaycan
• Czech: Ázerbájdžán (cs) m
• Danish: Aserbajdsjan
• Dhivehi: އަޒަރުބައިޖާން (dv) (azarubaijān̊), އަޒަރުބައިޖާން (dv) (azarubaijān̊)
• Dutch: Azerbeidzjan (nl)
• Esperanto: Azerbajĝano (eo)
• Estonian: Aserbaidžaan (et)
• Faroese: Aserbajdjan n
• Finnish: Azerbaidžan (fi)
• French: Azerbaïdjan (fr) m
• Galician: Acerbaixán (gl) m
• Georgian: აზერბაიჯანი (ka) (azerbaiǯani)
• German: Aserbaidschan (de) n
• Greek: Αζερμπαϊτζάν (el) n (Azermpaïtzán)

  Ancient: please add this translation if you can

• Gujarati: અજરબેયજાન (ajarbēyjān)
• Hausa: Azerbaijan, Azarbaijan
• Hebrew: אָזֶרְבַּיְגָ׳ן / אזרבייג׳ן (azerbayján)
• Hindi: अज़रबैजान (hi) (azarbaijān), आज़र्बैजान (āzarbaijān)
• Hungarian: Azerbajdzsán (hu)
• Icelandic: Aserbaídsjan (is)
• 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 (Ajereubaijan)
• Kumyk: Азербайжан (Azerbayjan)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: ئازەربایجان (azerbaycan)

• 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: Atropatia f, Azerbaidzania f, Adrabigania f
• Latvian: Azerbaidžāna f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Limburgish: Azerbaidzjan (li), Azerbeizjaan (li)
• Lithuanian: Azerbaidžanas (lt) m
• Low German: Aserbaidschan
• Luhya: Ebuazabaja
• Luo: Azabajan
• Luxembourgish: Aserbaidschan (lb) n
• Macedonian: Азербејџан (mk) m (Azerbejdžan)
• Malay: Azerbaijan
• Malayalam: അസർബൈജാന് (asaṟbaijānŭ), അസര്ബെയ്ജാന് (asarbeyjānŭ)
• Maltese: l-Ażerbajġan m
• Maori: Atepaihānia, Ahapaiāna
• Marathi: अज़रबैजान (aj̈arbaijān)
• Meru: Azabajani
• Mongolian: Азербайжан (mn) (Azerbajžan)
• Nauruan: Azerbaijan
• Navajo: Azééwii bikéyah
• Norman: Azerbaidgian m
• Northern Sami: Aserbaižan
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Aserbajdsjan (no) n

  Nynorsk: Aserbajdsjan (nn) n

• Ossetian: Азербайджан (Azerbajǵan)
• Pashto: ازربايجان (azarbāyjān), اذربايجان (azarbāyjān), آذربايجان (āzarbāyjān)
• Persian: آذربایجان (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: Азербејџан m

  Roman: Azerbejdžan 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)
• 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)
• Turkish: Azerbaycan (tr)
• Turkmen: Azerbaýjan, Azerbeýjan

  Cyrillic: Азербайҗан, Азербейҗан

• Ukrainian: Азербайджа́н (uk) m (Azerbajdžán)
• Urdu: آذربائجان (āzarbā’ijān), آذربائیجان
• Uyghur: ئەزەربەيجان (ezerbeyjan)
• Uzbek: Ozarbayjon (uz)

  Cyrillic: Озарбайжон (Ozarbayjon)

• Veps: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: Ai-déc-bai-gian, Azerbaijan
• Volapük: Lasärbäcän (vo)
• Votic: please add this translation if you can
• Võro: Asõrbaidžaan
• 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)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• 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

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Basque

Proper noun

Azerbaijan

1. Azerbaijan

Related terms

• azerbaijanera
• azerbaijandar

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Ido

Proper noun

Azerbaijan

1. Azerbaijan

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

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Malay

Etymology

See (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English Azerbaijan, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek Ἀτροπατηνή (Atropatēnḗ).

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Azerbaijan

1. Azerbaijan (country in Eastern Europe)

Adjective

Azerbaijan

1. Azerbaijani (pertaining to Azerbaijan)

Derived terms

• bahasa Azerbaijan
• orang Azerbaijan

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Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French Azerbaïdjan.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [azɛːbajdʒɑ̃]

Proper noun

Azerbaijan

1. Azerbaijan

Related terms

• Azeri