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.

Etymology

Origin of Azerbaijani

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

Example Sentences

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

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

Of the vessel's 14 crew members -- from Russia, Georgia, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan -- a Helsinki court ordered the detention of one Azerbaijani national for one week, lead investigator Kimmo Huhta-aho told journalists after the hearing.

From Barron's

The detained crew members were Russian, Georgian, Kazakh and Azerbaijani, police added.

From BBC

In interviews, people in Laredo remembered him bringing Azerbaijani officials as his guests to events such as the city’s celebration of George Washington’s Birthday and that his office often had central Asian candies on hand.

From The Wall Street Journal