أذربيجان

Arabic

Alternative forms

  • أَذَرْبَايْجَان (ʔaḏarbāyjān), آذَرْبَايْجَان (ʔāḏarbāyjān)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian آذَرْبَایْجَان (āzarbāyjān), Arabized form of Early New Persian آذَرْبَایْگَان (āḏārbāygān) / آذَرْبَادْگَان (āḏarbādgān), from Middle Persian ʾtwrpʾtkʾn / ʾtwrpʾtkn (Ādurbādagān), named after Atropates, the founder of the kingdom of Atropatene.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔa.ðar.baj.d͡ʒaːn/
    • (Hijazi) IPA(key): /ʔa.ðar.beː.d͡ʒaːn/, /ʔa.ðir.beː.d͡ʒaːn/

Proper noun

أَذَرْبَيْجَان • (ʔaḏarbayjān) f

  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)
    Synonyms: أَذَرْبَيْجَان الْقَوْقَازِيَّة (ʔaḏarbayjān al-qawqāziyya), أَذَرْبَيْجَان الشَّمَالِيَّة (ʔaḏarbayjān aš-šamāliyya)

Declension

Declension of noun أَذَرْبَيْجَان (ʔaḏarbayjān)
singular basic singular diptote
indefinite definite construct
informal — أَذَرْبَيْجَان
ʔaḏarbayjān 		—
nominative — أَذَرْبَيْجَانُ
ʔaḏarbayjānu 		—
accusative — أَذَرْبَيْجَانَ
ʔaḏarbayjāna 		—
genitive — أَذَرْبَيْجَانَ
ʔaḏarbayjāna 		—

Derived terms

  • أَذَرْبَيْجَان الشَّرْقِيَّة (ʔaḏarbayjān aš-šarqiyya)
  • أَذَرْبَيْجَان الشَّمَالِيَّة (ʔaḏarbayjān aš-šamāliyya)
  • أَذَرْبَيْجَان الْغَرْبِيَّة (ʔaḏarbayjān al-ḡarbiyya)
  • أَذَرْبَيْجَان الْقَوْقَازِيَّة (ʔaḏarbayjān al-qawqāziyya)
  • أَذَرْبَيْجَانِيّ (ʔaḏarbayjāniyy)
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