Azerbaijani

noun

Azer·​bai·​ja·​ni ˌa-zər-ˌbī-ˈjä-nē 

ˌä-

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

Recent Examples on the Web

The Azerbaijani pomegranate, or nar, first caught my attention while visiting the South Caucasian nation in November 2024. —Daphne Ewing-Chow, Forbes.com, 1 Apr. 2025

He was first approached by a man claiming to be an Azerbaijani living in Dubai, who recruited him for espionage activities. —Kevin Sabet, Newsweek, 24 Mar. 2025

The brutality of Russian forces in Ukraine and deportations carried out by Azerbaijani forces in Nagorno-Karabakh are only the most recent examples. —Tanisha M. Fazal, Foreign Affairs, 21 Mar. 2025

Their gathering was motivated by the failure of the Azerbaijani COP29 presidency to include even a single woman in an initial 28-member organizing committee. —Catarina Rolfsdotter-Jansson, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025

Word History

Etymology

Persian āzarbāyjānī, from Āzarbāyjān Azerbaijan

First Known Use

1886, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Rhymes for Azerbaijani

• afghani
• fulani
• romani
• bonnie
• bonny
• brawny
• connie
• johnnie
• johnny
• mani
• rani
• scrawny