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

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

Turkey has not said what caused the incident, but dramatic footage taken by eyewitnesses and published by Azerbaijani media appeared to show the plane spinning horizontally alongside several bits of debris as it fell.

From Barron's

The assists came after Garnacho spared Chelsea's blushes with an equaliser against Azerbaijani side Qarabag in the Champions League on Wednesday, after he came on as a half-time substitute when his team were trailing.

From BBC

But Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said in October that "past misunderstandings between the two countries have been resolved" after meeting Macron in Copenhagen.

From Barron's

This was not the first such expulsion in this conflict: in the 1990s over 500,000 Azerbaijanis were displaced.

From BBC