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Azerbaijani
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian آذربایجان (âzarbâyjân), from Arabic أَذَرْبَيْجَان (ʔaḏarbayjān), from Classical Persian آذربایگان (âðarbâyegân), آذربادگان (âzarbâdgân), from Middle Persian (ʾtwrpʾtkʾn), (ʾtwrpʾtkn /Ādurbādagān/), from the name of Atropates, the founder of the kingdom of Atropatene, from Old Persian *Ātr̥pātah (/Āturpat/, “protected by fire”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): ,
- Hyphenation: A‧zər‧bay‧can
Proper noun
Azərbaycan
- Azerbaijan (a country in the South Caucasus, Asia and Europe)
- (in izafet II compounds) Azerbaijani (of, from, or pertaining to Azerbaijan)
- Azərbaycan dili ― Azerbaijani language
- Azərbaycan xalqı ― Azerbaijani people
- Azərbaycan dövləti ― the Azerbaijani state
- Azərbaycan yazıçıları ― Azerbaijani writers
- Azərbaycan vətəndaşları ― Azerbaijani nationals; Azerbaijani citizens
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