Azerbaijan

English Alternative forms en Azarbaijan Azarbayjan from Iranian Persian en Adharbaijan Adharbayjan from Classical Persian en Azerbaidzhan Azerbaydzhan via Russian obsolete en Adherbeijan Adherbijan Azerbeijan Azerbeyjan Azerbijan obsolete Etymology en :bor ota:آذربایجان<tr:Azerbaycan> 1 en ota آذربایجان azerbaycan, from en fa-cls آذَرْبَایْجَان, from fa-ear آذَرْبَایْگَان āḏarbāygān / fa-ear آذَرْبَادْگَان āḏarbādgān, from en pal ʾtwrpʾtkʾn / pal ʾtwrpʾtkn āturpātakān, ādurbādagān,Schippmann K. 1987 AZERBAIJAN iii. Pre-Islamic History Encyclopædia Iranica https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/azerbaijan-iii The Middle Persian form of the name was (early) Āturpātakān, (later) Ādurbādagān from pal ʾtwrpʾt' āturpāt, ādurbād⁠ Atropates (the Persian nobleman who founded the kingdom of Atropatene) [whose name descends from en peo *Ātr̥pātah protected by fire] pal 1 -kʾn' (whence fa-cls ـگَان). Compare xcl Ատրպատական, xcl Ատրապատական, xcl Ատրպայական, hy Ադրբեջան, gkm Ἀδαρβιγάνων, syc ܐܕܘܪܒܝܓܐܢ ʾĀḏōrbêḡān, cop ⲁⲇⲟⲩⲣⲃⲁⲇⲁⲅⲁⲛ. Pronunciation en /ˌæz.ə.baɪˈdʒɑːn/ RP en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Soundguys-Azerbaijan.wav UK en /ˌæz.əɹ.baɪˈdʒɑn/ /ˌɑ.zəɹ.baɪˈdʒɑn/ GA en /ˌæz.ə(ɹ).baɪˈʒɑːn/ /ˌɑ.zə(ɹ).baɪˈʒɑːn/ hyperforeign en en-us-Azerbaijan.ogg US en ɑːn 4 Proper noun en Q274536 en region in northwestern c/Iran where ancient Atropatene was located, encompassing the modern provinces of Ardabil, East Azerbaijan and West Azerbaijan. en politically loaded Iranian Azerbaijan South Azerbaijan en 1830 206 The life of Sheikh Mohammad Ali Hazin Tahmâsb Coli Khân went to Azerbâïjân, and having liberated its capital, Tabriz, en 1886 Works Issued by the Hakluyt Society clxi Among these were Azerbaijan and Shirvan, where disorders had freshly broken out, en Q227 en country r/South Caucasus in cont/Asia,Europe Republic of Azerbaijan Baku. en Caucasian Azerbaijan North Azerbaijan en historical Arran Shirvan en Harlan Ullman Will America survive another 250 years? The Hill (magazine) The Hill https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5489138-america-republic-future-question/ 2025-09-08 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20250910113713/https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5489138-america-republic-future-question/ 10 September 2025 Derived terms en Azerbaijanese Azerbaijani Azerbaijanian Azerbaijan SSR Caucasian Azerbaijan East Azerbaijan North Azerbaijan South Azerbaijan West Azerbaijan Related terms en Azeri Descendants zh 阿塞拜疆 chr ᎠᏏᎵᏆᏌᏂ 1 Translations Q274536 region in Iran Abkhaz: ab Азербаиџьан Arabic: ar أَذَرْبَيْجَان f Armenian: hy Ատրպատական Azerbaijani: Arabic: az آذربایجان Cyrillic: az Азәрбајҹан Latin: az Azərbaycan Bulgarian: bg Азербайджа́н m French: fr Azerbaïdjan m Hindi: hi अज़रबैजान m Persian: fa آذربایجان âzarbâyjân, fa آذرآبادگان âzar-âbâdagân Romanian: ro Azerbaidjan Russian: ru Азербайджан m Tajik: tg Озарбойҷон Turkish: Ottoman Turkish: ota آذربایجان Azerbaycan Urdu: ur آذربائیجان āzarbāījān Q227 country in the Caucasus Abaza: abq Азербайджан Abkhaz: ab Азербаиџьан Afrikaans: af Azerbaidjan, af Azerbeidjan Albanian: sq Azerbajxhan m, sq Azerbajxhani m definite Altai: Southern Altai: alt Азербайджан Amharic: am አዜርባይጃን Arabic: ar أَذَرْبَيْجَان f Hijazi Arabic: acw أذربيجان f ʔaḏarbējān Aragonese: an Azerbayán m, an Azerbaichán Aramaic: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: aii ܐܲܕܘܿܪܒܲܝܓܵܢ f ādorbaygan Classical Syriac: syc ܐܕܘܪܒܝܓܐܢ Armenian: hy Ադրբեջան Assamese: as আজাৰবাইজান Asturian: ast Azerbaixán m Avar: av Азарбижан Azerbaijani: Arabic: az آذربایجان Cyrillic: az Азәрбајҹан Latin: az Azərbaycan Bashkir: ba Әзербайжан Basque: eu Azerbaijan Belarusian: be Азербайджа́н m, be Азэрбайджа́н m Taraškievica Bengali: bn আজারবাইজান Dzongkha: dz ཨཛར་བཡེ་ཇན Breton: br Azerbaidjan Bulgarian: bg Азербайджа́н m Burmese: my အဇာဘိုင်ဂျန် Catalan: ca Azerbaidjan m Chechen: ce Азербайджан Cherokee: chr ᎠᏏᎵᏆᏌᏂ Chinese: Cantonese: yue 阿塞拜疆 Mandarin: cmn 阿塞拜疆 Mainland; cmn 亞塞拜然 Yàsàibàirán Taiwan Chuvash: cv Азербайджан Coptic: Akhmimic Coptic: cop ⲁⲇⲟⲩⲣⲃⲁⲇⲁⲅⲁⲛ Crimean Tatar: crh Azerbaycan Czech: cs Ázerbájdžán m Danish: da Aserbajdsjan Dhivehi: dv އަޒަރުބައިޖާން, dv އަޒަރުބައިޖާން Dutch: nl Azerbeidzjan n Esperanto: eo Azerbajĝano Estonian: et Aserbaidžaan Faroese: fo Aserbajdjan n, fo Aserbadsjan n Finnish: fi Azerbaidžan French: fr Azerbaïdjan m Frisian: West Frisian: fy Azerbeidzjan Gagauz: gag Azerbaycan Galician: gl Acerbaixán m Georgian: ka აზერბაიჯანი German: de Aserbaidschan n Greek: el Αζερμπαϊτζάν n Ancient Greek: grc Ἀτροπατηνή f Medieval Greek: grc Ἀδαρβιγάνων n Gujarati: gu આઝરબૈજાન Hausa: ha Azerbaijan, ha Azarbaijan Hebrew: he אָזֶרְבַּיְיגָ׳ן//אָזֶרְבַּיְגָ׳ן f azerbayján Hindi: hi अज़रबैजान m Hungarian: hu Azerbajdzsán Icelandic: is Aserbaídsjan n Ido: io Azerbaijan Igbo: ig Azabaijan Indonesian: id Azerbaijan Ingush: inh Гӏазармохк, inh Пирсаьний Мохк, inh ГӀозлойче Interlingua: ia Azerbaidjan Irish: ga an Asarbaiseáin f, ga Poblacht na hAsarbaiseáine f Italian: it Azerbaigian m Japanese: ja アゼルバイジャン Azerubaijan Kalenjin: kln Azabajan Kamba: kam Azabajani Kannada: kn ಅಜೇರ್‍ಬೈಜಾನ್ Karakalpak: kaa Azerbayjan Kazakh: kk Әзірбайжан, kk Әзербайжан Khakas: kjh Азербайӌан Khmer: km អាស៊ែបៃហ្សង់ Kikuyu: ki Azabajani Korean: ko ^아제르바이잔, ko ^아제르바이쟌 North Korea Kumyk: kum Азербайжан Kurdish: Central Kurdish: ckb ئازەربایجان Northern Kurdish: kmr Azerbeycan Kyrgyz: ky Азербайжан Ladin: lld Ladino: lad Lak: lbe Азирбижан Lao: lo ອາເຊໄບຈານ, lo ອາແຊັກບາຍຊັນ, lo ອາແຊກໄບຊານ Latin: la Ātropātēna f especially ancient, la Ātropātia f, la Āzerbāizānia f, la Āzerbāidzānia f, la Āzerbāigiānia Latvian: lv Azerbaidžāna f Limburgish: li Azerbaidzjan, li Azerbeizjaan Lithuanian: lt Azerbaidžanas m Low German: nds Aserbaidschan Luhya: luy Ebuazabaja Luo: luo Azabajan Luxembourgish: lb Aserbaidschan n Macedonian: mk Азербајџа́н m Malay: ms Azerbaijan Malayalam: ml അസർബൈജാന്, ml അസര്ബെയ്ജാന്, ml അസർബെയ്ജാൻ Maltese: mt Ażerbajġan L-Ażerbajġan m Māori: mi Atepaihānia, mi Ahapaiāna Marathi: mr अझरबैजान Meru: mer Azabajani Mingrelian: xmf აზერბაიჯანი Mongolian: Cyrillic: mn Азербайжан Mongolian script: mn ᠠᠽᠧᠷᠪᠠᠶᠢᠵᠠᠨ Nauruan: na Azerbaijan Navajo: nv Daakǫʼ Dineʼé Bikéyah Norman: nrf Azerbaidgian m Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Aserbajdsjan n Nynorsk: nn Aserbajdsjan n Old Church Slavonic: Cyrillic: cu Аꙁѣрбаичанъ m modern Ossetian: os Азербайджан Pannonian Rusyn: rsk Азербейджан m Pashto: ps ازربايجان m azarbāyjān, ps اذربايجان m azarbāyjān, ps آذربايجان m āzarbāyjān Persian: Dari: prs آذَرْبَایْجَان⁩ Iranian Persian: fa-ira آذَرْبایْجان⁩ Polish: pl Azerbejdżan m Portuguese: pt Azerbaijão m Punjabi: Gurmukhi: pa ਅਜ਼ਰਬਾਈਜਾਨ m Quechua: qu Asarsuyu Romanian: ro Azerbaidjan n Cyrillic: ro Азербайӂан n Azerbaigean Romansh: rm Aserbeidschan m Russian: ru Азербайджа́н m Sami: Northern Sami: se Aserbaižan Samoan: sm Azerbaijin Sanskrit: sa अजर्बैजान Scottish Gaelic: gd Asarbaidean Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Croatia sh Азерба̀јџа̄н m, Bosnia, Serbia sh Азербѐјџа̄н m Latin: Croatia sh Azerbàjdžān m, Bosnia, Serbia sh Azerbèjdžān m Shona: sn Azabhaijani Sicilian: scn Azzirbaiggian m Silesian: szl Azerbejdżůn m Sindhi: sd آذربائيجان Sinhalese: si අසර්‍බයිජාන් Slovak: sk Azerbajdžan m Slovene: sl Azerbajdžán m Spanish: es Azerbaiyán m Swahili: sw Azerbaijan Swedish: sv Azerbajdzjan n Sylheti: syl ꠀꠎꠣꠞ꠆ꠛꠣꠁꠎꠣꠘ Tagalog: tl Aserbayan Tajik: tg Озарбойҷон Tamil: ta அஸர்பைஜான் Tatar: tt Азәрбайҗан Telugu: te అజర్బైజాన్ Thai: th อาเซอร์ไบจาน Tibetan: bo ཨ་ཛར་བཡི་ཇན Tigrinya: ti አዘርባጃን Turkish: tr Azerbaycan Ottoman Turkish: ota آذربایجان Azerbaidjan Turkmen: tk Azerbaýjan, tk Azerbeýjan Cyrillic: tk Азербайҗан, tk Азербейҗан Ukrainian: uk Азербайджа́н m Urdu: ur آذَرْبائِیجان m Uyghur: ug ئەزەربەيجان Uzbek: Cyrillic: uz Озарбайжон Latin: uz Ozarbayjon Veps: vep Vietnamese: vi Ai-déc-bai-gian, vi A-déc-bai-dan Volapük: vo Lasärbäcän Võro: vro Asõrbaidžaan Votic: vot Welsh: cy Aserbaijan, cy Azerbaijan Xhosa: xh Azerbayijani Yakut: sah Азербайдьан Yiddish: yi אַזערבײַדזשאַן n Yoruba: yo Asẹ́bájánì See also References Further reading en exonyms Basque eu: Pronunciation azerbaiyan<audio:LL-Q8752 (eus)-Xabier Cañas-Azerbaijan.wav> + Proper noun in eu Azerbaijan Q227 Declension in.pr.topo Derived terms eu azerbaijandar<t:Azerbaijani> azerbaijanera<t:Azerbaijani language> See also Further reading 38 eu exonyms Ido Proper noun io proper noun io Azerbaijan Q227 See also Indonesian id: Etymology From id en Azerbaijan. Pronunciation azerbai.jan Proper noun id proper noun id Azerbaijan Q227 See also Adjective id adjective Azerbaijani pertaining to Azerbaijan See also Malay ms: Etymology ms en Azerbaijan, from ms ota آذربایجان Azerbaycan, from ms fa-cls آذَرْبَایجَان. Pronunciation ms /azə(r)bai̯d͡ʒan/ ms d͡ʒan an Proper noun ms proper noun ms Azerbaijan Q227 See also Adjective ms adjective en Azerbaijani pertaining to Azerbaijan ms bahasa Azerbaijan Azeri, Azerbaijani (language) ms orang Azerbaijan Azeri, Azerbaijani (person) Mauritian Creole Etymology From mfe fr Azerbaïdjan. Pronunciation mfe [azɛːbajdʒɑ̃] Proper noun mfe proper noun mfe Azerbaijan Q227 Related terms mfe Azeri Swahili sw: Alternative forms sw Azabajani Proper noun sw proper noun sw Azerbaijan Q227