Azerbaijan
/ˌæz.ə.baɪˈdʒɑːn//ˌæz.əɹ.baɪˈdʒɑn/
Azerbaijan proper noun: a region in northwestern Iran, where ancient Atropatene was located, encompassing the modern provinces of Ardabil, East Azerbaijan and West Azerbaijan.
Proper noun
Azerbaijan
- A region in northwestern Iran, where ancient Atropatene was located, encompassing the modern provinces of Ardabil, East Azerbaijan and West Azerbaijan.
- Tahmâsb Coli Khân went to Azerbâïjân, and having liberated its capital, Tabriz, […]1830, The life of Sheikh Mohammad Ali Hazin, page 206
- Among these were Azerbaijan and Shirvan, where disorders had freshly broken out, […]1886, Works Issued by the Hakluyt Society, page clxi
- Synonyms:
- Iranian Azerbaijan, South Azerbaijan
- A country in the South Caucasus in Asia and Europe. Official name: Republic of Azerbaijan. Capital: Baku.
- Trump’s authority has stretched internationally, so far unsuccessfully, to end the wars in Gaza and Ukraine, while claiming success in stopping conflicts between India and Pakistan and Armenia and Azerbaijan.2025 September 8, Harlan Ullman, “Will America survive another 250 years?”, in The Hill
- Synonyms:
- Caucasian Azerbaijan, North Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
Azerbaijan in Hindi
- region in Iran
- अज़रबैजान azarbaijān
- country in the Caucasus
- अज़रबैजान azarbaijān
Azerbaijan in Tamil
- country in the Caucasus
- அஸர்பைஜான் asarpaijāṉ
Azerbaijan in Marathi
- country in the Caucasus
- अझरबैजान ajharbaijān
Azerbaijan in Urdu
- region in Iran
- آذربائیجان āzarbāījān
- country in the Caucasus
- آذَرْبائِیجان āzarbāījān
More languagesFewer languages
- Azerbaijan in Bengali
- আজারবাইজান ajarbaijan
- Azerbaijan in Telugu
- అజర్బైజాన్ ajarbaijān
- Azerbaijan in Malayalam
- അസർബൈജാന് asaṟbaijānŭ, അസര്ബെയ്ജാന് asarbeyjānŭ
- Azerbaijan in Kannada
- ಅಜೇರ್ಬೈಜಾನ್ ajērbaijān
- Azerbaijan in Punjabi
- ਅਜ਼ਰਬਾਈਜਾਨ azarbāījān
- Azerbaijan in Gujarati
- આઝરબૈજાન ājharbaijān
- Azerbaijan in Sanskrit
- अजर्बैजान ajarbaijāna
- Azerbaijan in Sinhala
- අසර්බයිජාන් asarbayijān
- Azerbaijan in Assamese
- আজাৰবাইজান azarobaizan
- Azerbaijan in Pashto
- ازربايجان azarbāyjān, اذربايجان azarbāyjān, آذربايجان āzarbāyjān
- Azerbaijan in Tagalog
- Aserbayan
- Azerbaijan in Arabic
- أَذَرْبَيْجَان ʔaḏarbayjān
- Azerbaijan in Malay
- Azerbaijan
- Azerbaijan in Indonesian
- Azerbaijan
- Azerbaijan in Persian
- آذربایجان âzarbâyjân, آذرآبادگان âzar-âbâdagân
- Azerbaijan in Thai
- อาเซอร์ไบจาน aa-səə-bai-jaan
- Azerbaijan in Vietnamese
- Ai-déc-bai-gian, A-déc-bai-dan
- Azerbaijan in Myanmar
- အဇာဘိုင်ဂျန် a.jabhuinggyan
- Sindhi
- آذربائيجان āẕrbāejā̃
- Dhivehi
- އަޒަރުބައިޖާން azarubaijān̊
- Dzongkha
- ཨཛར་བཡེ་ཇན dzar b.ye jan
Synonyms of Azerbaijan
Forms of Azerbaijan
| alternative form | Azarbaijan |
|---|---|
| alternative form | Azarbayjan |
| alternative form | Adharbaijan |
| alternative form | Adharbayjan |
| alternative form | Azerbaidzhan |
| alternative form | Azerbaydzhan |
| alternative form (obsolete) | Adherbeijan |
| alternative form (obsolete) | Adherbijan |
| alternative form (obsolete) | Azerbeijan |
| alternative form (obsolete) | Azerbeyjan |
| alternative form (obsolete) | Azerbijan |
Origin of Azerbaijan
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).
Words formed from Azerbaijan
Phrases with Azerbaijan
Words that rhyme with Azerbaijan
Questions about Azerbaijan
- What does Azerbaijan mean?
- Azerbaijan means a region in northwestern Iran, where ancient Atropatene was located, encompassing the modern provinces of Ardabil, East Azerbaijan and West Azerbaijan.
- What is Azerbaijan in Hindi?
- Azerbaijan in Hindi is अज़रबैजान (azarbaijān). See Azerbaijan meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Azerbaijan?
- Azerbaijan is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Azerbaijan?
- Azerbaijan is pronounced /ˌæz.ə.baɪˈdʒɑːn/ (UK).
Words near Azerbaijan in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Azerbaijan (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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