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Azeri

British  
/ əˈzɛərɪ /

noun

  1. short for Azerbaijani

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Much of that crude is under the control of Eyyub, a wily 47-year-old Azeri trader who has been the whale in the market for Moscow’s oil since the start of the Ukraine war.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

She worked alongside Eyni, a native speaker of Azeri, the language spoken in the region.

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026

Renat Dadasov gave the home side a shock lead on four minutes before Jean-Philippe Mateta, Maghnes Akliouche and an own-goal by Azeri goalkeeper Shakhrudin Magomedaliyev took France to 16 points from their six outings.

From Barron's • Nov. 16, 2025

Soldiers speaking in the local Azeri language said: “There it is, we found it.”

From Seattle Times • May 19, 2024

I already had the Persian, but the Azeri was new, so I put it happily into the second edition of my book.

From Baron Pál Podmaniczky and the Norwegian Bible by Ilona, Martinovitsné Kutas