Azerbaijan

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name

A region in northwestern Iran, where ancient Atropatene was located, encompassing the modern provinces of Ardabil, East Azerbaijan and West Azerbaijan.
A country in the South Caucasus in Asia and Europe. Official name: Republic of Azerbaijan. Capital: Baku.

Pronunciation

/ˌæz.ə.baɪˈdʒɑːn/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Soundguys-Azerbaijan.wav /ˌæz.əɹ.baɪˈdʒɑn/ /ˌɑ.zəɹ.baɪˈdʒɑn/ /ˌæz.ə(ɹ).baɪˈʒɑːn/ /ˌɑ.zə(ɹ).baɪˈʒɑːn/ en-us-Azerbaijan.ogg

Word forms

Azerbaijan Azarbaijan Azarbayjan Adharbaijan Adharbayjan Azerbaidzhan Azerbaydzhan Adherbeijan Adherbijan Azerbeijan Azerbeyjan Azerbijan

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آذربایجان (azerbaycan), from Classical Persian آذَرْبَایْجَان (āzarbāyjān), from Early New Persian آذَرْبَایْگَان (āḏarbāygān) / آذَرْبَادْگَان (āḏarbādgān), from Middle Persian [script needed] (ʾtwrpʾtkʾn) / [script needed] (ʾtwrpʾtkn /⁠āturpātakān, ādurbādagān⁠/), 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).

Synonyms

Related words

Azeri

Derived words

Azerbaijanese Azerbaijani Azerbaijanian Azerbaijan SSR Caucasian Azerbaijan East Azerbaijan North Azerbaijan South Azerbaijan West Azerbaijan

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