Meanings
alternative Azarbaijan · alternative Azarbayjan · alternative Adharbaijan · alternative Adharbayjan · alternative Azerbaidzhan · alternative Azerbaydzhan · alternative obsolete Adherbeijan · alternative obsolete Adherbijan · alternative obsolete Azerbeijan · alternative obsolete Azerbeyjan · alternative obsolete Azerbijan
- A region in northwestern Iran, where ancient Atropatene was located, encompassing the modern provinces of Ardabil, East Azerbaijan and West Azerbaijan.
Among these were Azerbaijan and Shirvan, where disorders had freshly broken out, […]
1886, Works Issued by the Hakluyt Society, page clxi1 more example
Tahmâsb Coli Khân went to Azerbâïjân, and having liberated its capital, Tabriz, […]
1830, The life of Sheikh Mohammad Ali Hazin, page 206Synonyms: Iranian Azerbaijan, South Azerbaijan
- A country in the South Caucasus in Asia and Europe. Official name: Republic of Azerbaijan. Capital: Baku.
Trump’s authority has stretched internationally, so far unsuccessfully, to end the wars in Gaza and Ukraine, while claiming success in stopping conflicts between India and Pakistan and Armenia and Azerbaijan.
2025 September 8, Harlan Ullman, “Will America survive another 250 years?”, in The HillSynonyms: Caucasian Azerbaijan, North Azerbaijan
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA region in northwestern Iran, where ancient Atropatene was located, encompassing the modern provinces of Ardabil, East Azerbaijan and West Azerbaijan.
proper nounA country in the South Caucasus in Asia and Europe. Official name: Republic of Azerbaijan. Capital: Baku.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂eh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂eh₁ter-
- Proto-Iranian*HáHtr̥š
- Proto-Indo-European*peh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*peh₂-tó-s
- Proto-Indo-Iranian*paHtás
- Proto-Iranian*paHtáh
- Proto-Iranian*HaHtr̥paHtah
- Old Persian*Ātr̥pātah (/Āturpat/)
- Middle Persianʾtwrpʾtkʾn (ādurbādagān)
- Classical Persianآذَرْبَایْجَان (āzarbāyjān)
- Ottoman Turkishآذربایجان (Azerbaycan)
- EnglishAzerbaijan
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آذربایجان (azerbaycan), from Classical Persian آذَرْبَایْجَان (āzarbāyjān), from Early New Persian آذَرْبَایْگَان (āḏarbāygān) / آذَرْبَادْگَان (āḏarbādgān), from Middle Persian [script needed] (ʾtwrpʾtkʾn) / [script needed] (ʾtwrpʾtkn /āturpātakān, ādurbādagān/), from [script needed] (ʾtwrpʾt' /āturpāt, ādurbād/, “Atropates (the Persian nobleman who founded the kingdom of Atropatene)”) [whose name descends from Old Persian *Ātr̥pātah (literally “protected by fire”)] + -kʾn' (whence Classical Persian ـگَان (-gān)). Compare Old Armenian Ատրպատական (Atrpatakan), Ատրապատական (Atrapatakan), Ատրպայական (Atrpayakan), Armenian Ադրբեջան (Adrbeǰan), Medieval Greek Ἀδαρβιγάνων (Adarbigánōn), Classical Syriac ܐܕܘܪܒܝܓܐܢ (ʾĀḏōrbêḡān), Coptic ⲁⲇⲟⲩⲣⲃⲁⲇⲁⲅⲁⲛ (adourbadagan).
More words from Ottoman Turkish, Classical Persian, Middle Persian
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans Azerbaidjan, Azerbeidjan
- Azerbaidjancountry in the Caucasus
- Azerbeidjancountry in the Caucasus
Ancient Greek Ἀτροπατηνή
- Ἀτροπατηνή (Atropatēnḗ)country in the Caucasus
Arabic أَذَرْبَيْجَان, أَذَرْبَيْجَان
- أَذَرْبَيْجَان (ʔaḏarbayjān)region in Iran
- أَذَرْبَيْجَان (ʔaḏarbayjān)country in the Caucasus
Basque Azerbaijan
- Azerbaijancountry in the Caucasus
Bengali আজারবাইজান
- আজারবাইজান (ajarbaijan)country in the Caucasus
Bulgarian Азербайджа́н, Азербайджа́н
- Азербайджа́н (Azerbajdžán)region in Iran
- Азербайджа́н (Azerbajdžán)country in the Caucasus
Catalan Azerbaidjan
- Azerbaidjancountry in the Caucasus
Chinese Cantonese 阿塞拜疆
- 阿塞拜疆 (aa³ coi³ baai³ goeng¹)country in the Caucasus
Chinese Mandarin 阿塞拜疆, 亞塞拜然 /亚塞拜然
- 阿塞拜疆 (Āsàibàijiāng)country in the Caucasus
- 亞塞拜然 /亚塞拜然 (Yàsàibàirán)country in the Caucasus
Czech Ázerbájdžán
- Ázerbájdžáncountry in the Caucasus
Danish Aserbajdsjan
- Aserbajdsjancountry in the Caucasus
Dutch Azerbeidzjan
- Azerbeidzjancountry in the Caucasus
Esperanto Azerbajĝano
- Azerbajĝanocountry in the Caucasus
Estonian Aserbaidžaan
- Aserbaidžaancountry in the Caucasus
Finnish Azerbaidžan
- Azerbaidžancountry in the Caucasus
French Azerbaïdjan, Azerbaïdjan
- Azerbaïdjanregion in Iran
- Azerbaïdjancountry in the Caucasus
German Aserbaidschan
- Aserbaidschancountry in the Caucasus
Greek Αζερμπαϊτζάν, Ἀδαρβιγάνων
- Αζερμπαϊτζάν (Azermpaïtzán)country in the Caucasus
- Ἀδαρβιγάνων (Adarbigánōn)country in the Caucasus
Hebrew אָזֶרְבַּיְיגָ׳ן /אָזֶרְבַּיְגָ׳ן
- אָזֶרְבַּיְיגָ׳ן /אָזֶרְבַּיְגָ׳ן (azerbayján)country in the Caucasus
Hindi अज़रबैजान, अज़रबैजान
- अज़रबैजान (azarbaijān)region in Iran
- अज़रबैजान (azarbaijān)country in the Caucasus
Hungarian Azerbajdzsán
- Azerbajdzsáncountry in the Caucasus
Icelandic Aserbaídsjan
- Aserbaídsjancountry in the Caucasus
Indonesian Azerbaijan
- Azerbaijancountry in the Caucasus
Irish an Asarbaiseáin, Poblacht na hAsarbaiseáine
- an Asarbaiseáincountry in the Caucasus
- Poblacht na hAsarbaiseáinecountry in the Caucasus
Italian Azerbaigian
- Azerbaigiancountry in the Caucasus
Japanese アゼルバイジャン
- アゼルバイジャン (Azerubaijan)country in the Caucasus
Korean 아제르바이잔, 아제르바이쟌
- 아제르바이잔 (Ajereubaijan)country in the Caucasus
- 아제르바이쟌 (Ajereubaijan)country in the Caucasus
Latin Ātropātēna, Ātropātia
- Ātropātēnacountry in the Caucasus
- Ātropātiacountry in the Caucasus
- Āzerbāizāniacountry in the Caucasus
- Āzerbāidzāniacountry in the Caucasus
- Āzerbāigiāniacountry in the Caucasus
Latvian Azerbaidžāna
- Azerbaidžānacountry in the Caucasus
Lithuanian Azerbaidžanas
- Azerbaidžanascountry in the Caucasus
Malay Azerbaijan
- Azerbaijancountry in the Caucasus
Māori Atepaihānia, Ahapaiāna
- Atepaihāniacountry in the Caucasus
- Ahapaiānacountry in the Caucasus
Norwegian Bokmål Aserbajdsjan
- Aserbajdsjancountry in the Caucasus
Persian آذربایجان, آذرآبادگان
- آذربایجان (âzarbâyjân)region in Iran
- آذرآبادگان (âzar-âbâdagân)region in Iran
Polish Azerbejdżan
- Azerbejdżancountry in the Caucasus
Portuguese Azerbaijão
- Azerbaijãocountry in the Caucasus
Punjabi ਅਜ਼ਰਬਾਈਜਾਨ
- ਅਜ਼ਰਬਾਈਜਾਨ (azarbāījān)country in the Caucasus
Romanian Azerbaidjan, Azerbaidjan
- Azerbaidjanregion in Iran
- Azerbaidjancountry in the Caucasus
- Азербайӂан (Azerbaigean)country in the Caucasus
Russian Азербайджан, Азербайджа́н
- Азербайджан (Azerbajdžan)region in Iran
- Азербайджа́н (Azerbajdžán)country in the Caucasus
Scottish Gaelic Asarbaidean
- Asarbaideancountry in the Caucasus
Slovak Azerbajdžan
- Azerbajdžancountry in the Caucasus
Spanish Azerbaiyán
- Azerbaiyáncountry in the Caucasus
Swahili Azerbaijan
- Azerbaijancountry in the Caucasus
Swedish Azerbajdzjan
- Azerbajdzjancountry in the Caucasus
Tagalog Aserbayan
- Aserbayancountry in the Caucasus
Tamil அஸர்பைஜான்
- அஸர்பைஜான் (asarpaijāṉ)country in the Caucasus
Thai อาเซอร์ไบจาน
- อาเซอร์ไบจาน (aa-səə-bai-jaan)country in the Caucasus
Turkish Azerbaycan
- Azerbaycancountry in the Caucasus
Ukrainian Азербайджа́н
- Азербайджа́н (Azerbajdžán)country in the Caucasus
Urdu آذربائیجان, آذَرْبائِیجان
- آذربائیجان (āzarbāījān)region in Iran
- آذَرْبائِیجان (āzarbāījān)country in the Caucasus
Vietnamese Ai-déc-bai-gian, A-déc-bai-dan
- Ai-déc-bai-giancountry in the Caucasus
- A-déc-bai-dancountry in the Caucasus
Welsh Aserbaijan, Azerbaijan
- Aserbaijancountry in the Caucasus
- Azerbaijancountry in the Caucasus
Yiddish אַזערבײַדזשאַן
- אַזערבײַדזשאַן (azerbaydzhan)country in the Caucasus
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Azerbaijan
Cite this entry
Azerbaijan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Azerbaijan
“Azerbaijan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Azerbaijan. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Azerbaijan,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Azerbaijan.
Source: Azerbaijan on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.