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Azerbaijani

Proper noun

آذربایجان

  1. Arabic spelling of Azərbaycan (“Azerbaijan”)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian آذَرْبَایْجَان (āzarbāyjān).

Proper noun

آذربایجان • (Azerbaycan)

  1. Azerbaijan (a region in northwestern Iran, where ancient Atropatene was located, encompassing the modern provinces of Ardabil, East Azerbaijan and West Azerbaijan)
  2. Azerbaijan (a country in the South Caucasus in Asia and Europe)
    • 1923, Yeni Mecmua‎:
      آذربایجان جمهوریتی
      Azerbaycan Cumhuriyeti
      the Republic of Azerbaijan

Descendants

References

  • Bianchi, T. X., Kieffer, J. D. (1801) “آذربایجان”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, 2nd edition, volume 1, page 43

Persian

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Alternative forms

Etymology

Arabized form of Early Classical Persian آذَرْبَایْگَان (āḏarbāygān, āzarbāygān) / آذَرْبَادْگَان (āḏarbādgān, āzarbādgān), from Middle Persian ʾtwrpʾtkʾn (ādurbādagān). By surface analysis, آذرباد (âzarbâd, “Atropates”) +‎ ـگان (-gân, “relational suffix”).

Pronunciation

 

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

Proper noun

آذَرْبَایْجَان • (āzarbāyjān / âzarbâyjân) (Tajik spelling Озарбойҷон)

  1. Azerbaijan (a region in northwestern Iran, where ancient Atropatene was located, encompassing the modern provinces of Ardabil, East Azerbaijan and West Azerbaijan)
    • c. 1599, Bahāʾ al‐Dīn ʿĀmilī, “Section IV, Part I”, in کشکول‎:
      اهل دربند از شهرهای شروان و مردم میانه آذربایجان بسیار جنیان را همی‌دیده‌اند.
      ahl-e darband az šahr-hâ-ye šervân va mardom-e miyâne-ye âzarbâyjân besyâr jenniyân râ hamidide'and.
      The people of the city of Derbent in Shirvan and Mianeh in Azerbaijan have seen many genies.
  2. Azerbaijan (a country in the South Caucasus in Asia and Europe)
    Synonyms: آذربایجان قفقاز (âzarbâyjân-e qafqâz), آذربایجان شمالی (âzarbâyjân-e šomâli)

Derived terms

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