آذربایجان

Azerbaijani

Proper noun

آذربایجان

  1. Arabic spelling of Azərbaycan (“Azerbaijan”)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian آذَرْبَایْجَان (āzarbāyjān).

Proper noun

آذربایجان • (Azerbaycan)

  1. Azerbaijan (a region in northwestern Iran, where ancient Atropatene was located, encompassing the modern provinces of Ardabil, East Azerbaijan and West Azerbaijan)
  2. [from 20th c.] Azerbaijan (a country in the South Caucasus in Asia and Europe)
    • 1923, Yeni Mecmua‎[1]:
      آذربایجان جمهوریتی
      Azerbaycan Cumhuriyeti
      the Republic of Azerbaijan

Descendants

References

  • Bianchi, T. X., Kieffer, J. D. (1801) “آذربایجان”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎[2], 2nd edition, volume 1, page 43

Persian

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

Arabized form of Early Classical Persian آذَرْبَایْگَان (āḏarbāygān, āzarbāygān) / آذَرْبَادْگَان (āḏarbādgān, āzarbādgān), from Middle Persian ʾtwrpʾtkʾn (ādurbādagān). By surface analysis, آذرباد (âzarbâd, “Atropates”) +‎ ـگان (-gân, “relational suffix”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ʔaː.ðaɾ.baːj.ˈd͡ʒaːn/, /ʔaː.zaɾ.baːj.ˈd͡ʒaːn/
 
  • (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

آذَرْبَایْجَان • (āzarbāyjān / âzarbâyjân) (Tajik spelling Озарбойҷон)

  1. Azerbaijan (a region in northwestern Iran, where ancient Atropatene was located, encompassing the modern provinces of Ardabil, East Azerbaijan and West Azerbaijan)
    • c. 1599, Bahāʾ al‐Dīn ʿĀmilī, “Section IV, Part I”, in کشکول‎[3]:
      اهل دربند از شهرهای شروان و مردم میانه آذربایجان بسیار جنیان را همی‌دیده‌اند.
      ahl-e darband az šahr-hâ-ye šervân va mardom-e miyâne-ye âzarbâyjân besyâr jenniyân râ hamidide'and.
      The people of the city of Derbent in Shirvan and Mianeh in Azerbaijan have seen many genies.
  2. [from 20th c.] Azerbaijan (a country in the South Caucasus in Asia and Europe)
    Synonyms: آذربایجان قفقاز (âzarbâyjân-e qafqâz), آذربایجان شمالی (âzarbâyjân-e šomâli)

Derived terms

Descendants

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