Azerbaijani

Also A·zer·bai·ja·ni·an

[ah-zer-bahy-jah-nee, az-er-bahy-jan-ee]

adjective

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

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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Azerbaijani¹

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

Example Sentences

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

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But exactly who owns the ship is not clear from the papers provided by the crew, made up of Mr Kumar, five other Indian nationals, as well as two Azerbaijanis and six Egyptians.

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Armenia wanted to have control of the road and the Azerbaijani leader has in the past threatened to take the corridor by force.

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The power will not go out in Europe without Azerbaijani gas, but that is not the point, says Benjamin Godwin, a risk analyst specialising in the Caucasus and Central Asia.

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Local media say he is of Azerbaijani descent and has connections to Iran's Revolutionary Guards.

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