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Azeri

British  
/ əˈzɛərɪ /

noun

  1. short for Azerbaijani

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Patriotic Iranian hero Babak Khorramdin, who led a nationalist movement against Arab settler colonialists in the ninth century, hailed from the Azeri city of Ardabil.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 21, 2026

Bahlul Mustafazade then won it for the Azeri club in injury time.

From Barron's • Jan. 21, 2026

"And while it is not reliant on Azeri gas, it would like to have more gas from Azerbaijan to ultimately reduce its dependence on Russia."

From BBC • Jul. 26, 2025

Soldiers speaking in the local Azeri language said: “There it is, we found it.”

From Seattle Times • May 19, 2024

I already had the Persian, but the Azeri was new, so I put it happily into the second edition of my book.

From Baron Pál Podmaniczky and the Norwegian Bible by Ilona, Martinovitsné Kutas