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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In 2024, Cuellar was indicted for allegedly accepting $600,000 in bribes from a government-owned Azerbaijani oil and gas company as well as a bank headquartered in Mexico City.
From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2026
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
On Christmas Day 2024, Russia mistakenly downed an Azerbaijani passenger plane during a Ukrainian drone offensive, killing 38 onboard.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 5, 2026
Israel relies heavily on Azerbaijani oil, and the two countries maintain close political and intelligence co-operation.
From BBC ● Mar. 5, 2026
In a different tale, the khan has an odyssey in the Azerbaijani hill country.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
Furthermore, Ryan was accused of recruiting Mamedli and arranging for him to meet French intelligence agents, who allegedly tasked him with recruiting Azerbaijanis and Russians at a Moscow university where he studied.
From BBC ● Mar. 16, 2026
Authorities said Ryan recruited Mamedli and arranged for him to meet French intelligence agents, who allegedly tasked him with recruiting Azerbaijanis and Russians at a Moscow university where he studied.
From Barron's ● Mar. 16, 2026
Azerbaijanis call it Nagorno-Karabakh; Armenians call it Artsakh.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2025
"Such things upset us a lot," said Zoya Solomonova, who now lives in St Petersburg but recalled growing up in a neighbourhood of Derbent where she said Russians, Jews, Azerbaijanis and others all got along.
From Reuters ● Nov. 2, 2023
Even the compact two millions and a half of Turkish-speaking Azerbaijanis will write letters only in Persian, and will not read a Turkish newspaper.
From Turkey: a Past and a Future by Toynbee, Arnold Joseph
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