Azerbaijan
A region in northwestern Iran, where ancient Atropatene was located, encompassing the…A region in northwestern Iran, where ancient Atropatene was located, encompassing the modern provinces of Ardabil, East Azerbaijan and West Azerbaijan.
» Baku is the capital of Azerbaijan.
Baku ist die Hauptstadt Aserbaidschans.
Baku ist Aserbaidschans Hauptstadt.
Баку - столица Азербайджана.
Баку — столиця Азербайджану.
Meaning
2 sensesA region in northwestern Iran, where ancient Atropatene was located, encompassing the modern provinces of Ardabil, East Azerbaijan and West Azerbaijan.
A country in the South Caucasus in Asia and Europe. Official name: Republic of Azerbaijan. Capital: Baku.
Aserbaidschan
Азербайджа́нAzerbajdžán
Азербайджа́нAzerbajdžán
Examples
42 sentencesBaku is the capital of Azerbaijan.
Баку — столиця Азербайджану.
ruБаку - столица Азербайджана.
deBaku ist die Hauptstadt Aserbaidschans.
Azerbaijan has made limited progress with market-based economic reforms.
He lived in Azerbaijan for 4 years.
ruОн прожил в Азербайджане четыре года.
deEr hat vier Jahre in Aserbaidschan gelebt.
Turkey is probably Azerbaijan's best friend.
The capital of Azerbaijan is Baku.
ruСтолица Азербайджана — Баку.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آذربایجان (azerbaycan), from Classical Persian آذَرْبَایْجَاBorrowed 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)).
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