آذربایجان

Azerbaijani

Proper noun

آذربایجان

  1. Arabic spelling of Azərbaycan (“Azerbaijan”)

Persian

Alternative forms
  • آذرآبادگان (âzar-âbâdegân), آذربادگان (âzarbâdgân), آذربایگان (âzarbâyegân), اذربیجان
  • آذربادجان (âzarbâdejân) (rare)

Etymology

Arabized form of Middle Persian ʾtwrpʾtkʾn (ādurbādagān). Compare Persian آذربایگان (âzarbâyegân) and آذربادگان (âzarbâdgân).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ʔɑː.ðaɾ.bɑːj.ˈd͡ʒɑːn], [ʔɑː.zaɾ.bɑːj.ˈd͡ʒɑːn]
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔɑː.zäɾ.bɑːj.d͡ʒɑ́ːn]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ʔɑː.zäɾ.bɑːj.d͡ʒɑ́ːn]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ʔɔː.zäɾ.bäj.d͡ʒɔ́ːn]

Readings
Classical reading? āḏarbāyjān, āzarbāyjān
Dari reading? āzarbāyjān
Iranian reading? âzarbâyjân
Tajik reading? ozarboyjon

Proper noun
Dari آذربایجان
Iranian Persian
Tajik Озарбойҷон

آذَرْبایْجان • (âzarbâyjân)

  1. Azerbaijan (A country in the South Caucasus region of Asia, sometimes considered to belong politically to Europe)
  2. Azerbaijan (a region in northwestern Iran)

Derived terms
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