آذربایجان

Azerbaijani

Proper noun

آذربایجان

1. Arabic spelling of Azərbaycan (“Azerbaijan”)

Persian

Alternative forms

• آذرآبادگان (âzar-âbâdegân), آذربادگان (âzarbâdgân), آذربایگان (âzarbâyegân), اذربیجان
• آذربادجان (âzarbâdejân) (rare)

Etymology

Arabized form of Middle Persian ʾtwrpʾtkʾn (ādurbādagān). Compare Persian آذربایگان (âzarbâyegân) and آذربادگان (âzarbâdgân).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.ðaɾ.bɑːj.ˈd͡ʒɑːn], [ʔɑː.zaɾ.bɑːj.ˈd͡ʒɑːn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.zäɾ.bɑːj.d͡ʒɑ́ːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.zäɾ.bɑːj.d͡ʒɑ́ːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.zäɾ.bɑːj.d͡ʒɑ́ːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔɔː.zäɾ.bäj.d͡ʒɔ́ːn]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɒː.zæɹ.bɒːj.d͡ʒɒ́ːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɔ.zäɾ.bɔj.d͡ʒɔ́n]

Readings
Classical reading?	āḏarbāyjān, āzarbāyjān
Dari reading?	āzarbāyjān
Iranian reading?	âzarbâyjân
Tajik reading?	ozarboyjon

Proper noun

Dari	آذربایجان
Iranian Persian
Tajik	Озарбойҷон

آذَرْبایْجان • (âzarbâyjân)

1. Azerbaijan (a country in the South Caucasus, Asia and Europe)
2. Azerbaijan (a region in northwestern Iran)

Derived terms

• آذَرْبایْجانی (âzarbâyjâni)

Related terms

• آذَر (âzar)