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. (original sense) 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 South Caucasus, Asia and Europe)
   • 1923, Yeni Mecmua‎^[1]:

     آذربایجان جمهوریتی

     Azerbaycan Cumhuriyeti

     the Republic of Azerbaijan

Descendants

• Turkish: Azerbaycan
• → English: Azerbaijan
• → French: Azerbaïdjan
• → German: Aserbaidschan
• → Russian: Азербайджа́н (Azerbajdžán), Азербайджа́нъ (Azerbajdžán) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
  • → English: Azerbaidzhan

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): [ʔɑː.ðaɾ.bɑːj.ˈd͡ʒɑːn], [ʔɑː.zaɾ.bɑːj.ˈd͡ʒɑːn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.zäɾ.bɑːj.d͡ʒɑ́ːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.zäɾ.bɑːj.d͡ʒɑ́ːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.zäɾ.bɑːj.d͡ʒɑ́ːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔɔː.zäɾ.bäj.d͡ʒɔ́ːn]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɒː.zæɹ.bɒːj.d͡ʒɒ́ːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɔ.zäɾ.bɔj.d͡ʒɔ́n]

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. (original sense) 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 South Caucasus, Asia and Europe)

   Synonyms: آذربایجان قفقاز (âzarbâyjân-e qafqâz), آذربایجان شمالی (âzarbâyjân-e šomâli)

Derived terms

• آذَرْبایْجانِ شَرْقی (âzarbâyjân-e šarqi)
• آذَرْبایْجانِ شُمالی (âzarbâyjân-e šomâli)
• آذَرْبایْجانِ غَرْبی (âzarbâyjân-e ğarbi)
• آذَرْبایْجانِ قَفْقاز (âzarbâyjân-e qafqâz)
• آذَرْبایْجانی (âzarbâyjâni)

Related terms

• آذَر (âzar)

Descendants

• → Arabic: أَذَرْبَيْجَان (ʔaḏarbayjān)
• → Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan
• → Bashkir: Әзербайжан (Əzerbayjan)
• → English: Azarbayjan
• → Kazakh: Әзірбайжан (Äzırbaijan)
• → Kyrgyz: Азербайжан (Azerbayjan)
• → Ottoman Turkish: آذربایجان (Azerbaycan)
  • Turkish: Azerbaycan
  • → English: Azerbaijan
  • → French: Azerbaïdjan
  • → German: Aserbaidschan
  • → Russian: Азербайджа́н (Azerbajdžán), Азербайджа́нъ (Azerbajdžán) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
    • → English: Azerbaidzhan
• → Tatar: Әзербайҗан (Äzerbaycan)
• → Turkmen: Azerbaýjan
• → Urdu: آذَرْبائِیجان (āzarbāījān)
• → Uyghur: ئەزەربەيجان (ezerbeyjan)
• → Uzbek: Ozarbayjon