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Azerbaijan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آذربایجان (Azerbaycan), from Classical Persian آذَرْبَایْجَان (āḏarbāyjān, āzarbāyjān), Arabized form of Early Classical Persian آذَرْبَایْگَان (āḏarbāygān, āzarbāygān) / آذَرْبَادْگَان (āḏarbādgān, āzarbādgān), from Middle Persian [script needed] (ʾtwrpʾtkʾn) / [script needed] (ʾtwrpʾtkn /⁠Āturpātakān, Ādurbādagān⁠/),[1] from [script needed] (ʾtwrpʾt' /⁠Āturpāt, Ādurbād⁠⁠/, “Atropates (the Persian nobleman who founded the kingdom of Atropatene)”) [whose name descends from Old Persian *Ātr̥pātah (literally “protected by fire”)] +‎ -kʾn' (whence Classical Persian ـگَان (-gān)).

Compare Old Armenian Ատրպատական (Atrpatakan), Ատրապատական (Atrapatakan), Ատրպայական (Atrpayakan), Armenian Ադրբեջան (Adrbeǰan), Byzantine Greek Ἀδαρβιγάνων (Adarbigánōn), Classical Syriac ܐܕܘܪܒܝܓܐܢ (ʾĀḏōrbêḡān), Coptic ⲁⲇⲟⲩⲣⲃⲁⲇⲁⲅⲁⲛ (adourbadagan).

Pronunciation

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  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˌæz.ə(ɹ).baɪˈdʒɑːn/, /əˈzɛː(ɹ).baɪˌdʒɑːn/
    • Audio (UK):(file)
  • (hyperforeign) IPA(key): /ˌæz.ə(ɹ).baɪˈʒɑːn/, /əˈzɛː(ɹ).baɪˌʒɑːn/

Proper noun

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Azerbaijan

  2. (original sense) A region in northwestern Iran, where ancient Atropatene was located, encompassing the modern provinces of Ardabil, East Azerbaijan and West Azerbaijan.
    Synonyms: (politically loaded) Iranian Azerbaijan, South Azerbaijan
    • 1830, The life of Sheikh Mohammad Ali Hazin, page 206:
      Tahmâsb Coli Khân went to Azerbâïjân, and having liberated its capital, Tabriz, […]
    • 1886, Works Issued by the Hakluyt Society, page clxi:
      Among these were Azerbaijan and Shirvan, where disorders had freshly broken out, […]
  4. [from 20th c.] A country in South Caucasus, Asia and Europe. Official name: Republic of Azerbaijan. Capital: Baku.
    Synonyms: Caucasian Azerbaijan, North Azerbaijan
    Near-synonyms: (historical) Arran, Shirvan

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Translations

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See also

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countries in Asia (appendix)edit
countries in Europe (appendix)edit

References

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  1. ^ Schippmann, K. (1987) “AZERBAIJAN iii. Pre-Islamic History”, in Encyclopædia Iranica‎[1]: “The Middle Persian form of the name was (early) Āturpātakān, (later) Ādurbādagān […]”

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Basque

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /as̻erbai̯ɟan/ [a.s̻er.β̞ai̯.ɟãn]
 
  • IPA(key): (Gipuzkoan) /as̻erbai̯jan/ [a.s̻er.β̞ai̯.jãn]
  • IPA(key): (Biscayan) /as̺erbai̯d͡ʒan/ [a.s̺er.β̞ai̯.d͡ʒãn]
  • IPA(key): (Navarrese) /as̻erbai̯jan/ [a.s̻er.β̞ai̯.jãn]

 

  • Hyphenation: A‧zer‧bai‧jan

Proper noun

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Azerbaijan inan

  1. Azerbaijan (a country in South Caucasus, Asia and Europe)

Declension

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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

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countries in Europe: Europako herrialdeak (appendix)edit

Further reading

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Ido

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Proper noun

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Azerbaijan

  1. Azerbaijan (a country in South Caucasus, Asia and Europe)

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countries in Europe: landi di Europa (appendix)edit

Indonesian

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Etymology

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From English Azerbaijan.

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  • IPA(key): [azərˈbai̯d͡ʒan]

Proper noun

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Azerbaijan

  1. Azerbaijan (a country in South Caucasus, Asia and Europe)

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countries in Europe: negara-negara di Eropa (appendix)edit
countries in Asia: negara-negara di Asia (appendix)edit

Adjective

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Azerbaijan

  1. Azerbaijani (pertaining to Azerbaijan)

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countries in Asia: negara-negara di Asia (appendix)edit
countries in Europe: negara-negara di Eropa (appendix)edit

Malay

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English Azerbaijan, from Ottoman Turkish آذربایجان (Azerbaycan), from Classical Persian آذَرْبَایجَان (āzarbāyjān).

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Proper noun

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Azerbaijan

  1. Azerbaijan (a country in South Caucasus, Asia and Europe)

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countries in Europe: negara-negara di Eropah (appendix)edit
countries in Asia: negara-negara di Asia (appendix)edit

Adjective

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Azerbaijan

  1. Azerbaijani (pertaining to Azerbaijan)
    bahasa Azerbaijan ― Azeri, Azerbaijani (language)
    orang Azerbaijan ― Azeri, Azerbaijani (person)

Mauritian Creole

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Etymology

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From French Azerbaïdjan.

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Proper noun

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Azerbaijan

  1. Azerbaijan (a country in South Caucasus, Asia and Europe)
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Swahili

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Alternative forms

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Proper noun

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Azerbaijan

  1. Azerbaijan (a country in South Caucasus, Asia and Europe)
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