Azerbaijani

American  

[ah-zer-bahy-jah-nee, az-er-bahy-jan-ee] / ˌɑ zər baɪˈdʒɑ ni, ˌæz ər baɪˈdʒæn i /

Also Azerbaijanian

adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of Azerbaijan or its people.

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noun

plural

Azerbaijanis,

plural

Azerbaijani

1. a native or inhabitant of Azerbaijan.

2. the Turkic language of the Azerbaijani, written with Cyrillic letters in Azerbaijan and with Arabic letters in Iran.

3. a member of an Azerbaijani-speaking people of Azerbaijan or the Azerbaijan provinces in Iran.

azerbaijani British  

/ ˌæzəbaɪˈdʒɑːnɪ /

noun

1. Sometimes shortened to: Azeri.  a native or inhabitant of Azerbaijan

2. the language of this people, belonging to the Turkic branch of the Altaic family

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Etymology

Origin of Azerbaijani

First recorded in 1885–90; Azerbaijan + -i suffix of membership

Example Sentences

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

Ryan was put on trial alongside an Azerbaijani citizen, Azad Mamedli, who was sentenced to 12 years for treason, AFP news agency reports.

From BBC • Mar. 16, 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

Vance also said that the issue of Armenian separatist leaders imprisoned in Azerbaijan was "certainly going to come up" in talks with Azerbaijani leaders.

From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026

In a different tale, the khan has an odyssey in the Azerbaijani hill country.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri