Azerbaijani

noun

Azer·​bai·​ja·​ni ˌa-zər-ˌbī-ˈjä-nē How to pronounce Azerbaijani (audio)
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plural Azerbaijanis also Azerbaijani
1
: a member of a Turkic-speaking people of Azerbaijan and northwest Iran
2
: the Turkic language of the Azerbaijanis
Azerbaijani adjective

Examples of Azerbaijani in a Sentence

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Image Interviews last week with Azerbaijani officials and people close to the government showed how the Dec. 25 crash of an Embraer 190, with 67 people aboard, has become a geopolitical milestone for the former Soviet Union. Anton Troianovski, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025 Newsweek reached out to the Azerbaijani and Russian Ministries of Foreign Affairs via email for comment outside of business hours. Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025 In the absence of U.S. leadership at the COP 29 meeting in Azerbaijan in November, for example, the EU delegation and the British government teamed up with the Azerbaijani, Brazilian, and Chinese governments to take charge of the negotiations. Robin Niblett, Foreign Affairs, 8 Jan. 2025 There were 42 Azerbaijani citizens, 16 Russian citizens, six citizens of Kazakhstan and three citizens of Kyrgyzstan on board the jet. Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for Azerbaijani 

Word History

Etymology

Persian āzarbāyjānī, from Āzarbāyjān Azerbaijan

First Known Use

1886, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Time Traveler
The first known use of Azerbaijani was in 1886

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“Azerbaijani.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Azerbaijani. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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