a native or inhabitant of Azerbaijan.
the Turkic language of the Azerbaijani, written with Cyrillic letters in Azerbaijan and with Arabic letters in Iran.
a member of an Azerbaijani-speaking people of Azerbaijan or the Azerbaijan provinces in Iran.
Sometimes shortened to: Azeri. a native or inhabitant of Azerbaijan
the language of this people, belonging to the Turkic branch of the Altaic family
First recorded in 1885–90; Azerbaijan + -i suffix of membership
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That matches the rating for Ukraine and western Russia, where in late 2024 an Azerbaijani passenger plane was accidentally shot out of the sky.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026
Israel relies heavily on Azerbaijani oil, and the two countries maintain close political and intelligence co-operation.
From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026
Now, he says, Iran has repaid those gestures with drone strikes on Azerbaijani territory, something he views as a deep betrayal.
From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026
Commercial aircraft have been accidentally misidentified as hostile by air-defense systems in the past, most recently when Russian defenses mistakenly shot down an Azerbaijani commercial flight in late 2024.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 28, 2026
In a different tale, the khan has an odyssey in the Azerbaijani hill country.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
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