Azerbaijani
noun
Azer·bai·ja·ni
ˌa-zər-ˌbī-ˈjä-nē 
ˌä-
plural Azerbaijanis also Azerbaijani
1
: a member of a Turkic-speaking people of Azerbaijan and northwest Iran
2
: the Turkic language of the Azerbaijanis
Azerbaijani
adjective
Examples of Azerbaijani in a Sentence
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By Erin Levi July 25, 2024 6:52 AM EDT
High in the Azerbaijani foothills of the Greater Caucasus Mountains, about two and a half hours northwest of Baku, lies Red Village, a centuries-old, shetl-like, Jewish community in the middle of a predominantly Muslim country.
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Erin Levi, TIME, 25 July 2024
The 34-year-old became a naturalized Azerbaijani citizen in 2015, and will headline the country’s first-ever appearance in three-on-three at the Olympics.
—Kels Dayton, Hartford Courant, 7 July 2024
Raisi was returning from the Azerbaijani border after an event to inaugurate the Qiz-Qalaisi Dam, a joint project between the two countries.
—James Powel, USA TODAY, 20 May 2024
That article claimed that the Azerbaijani executives had worked in the past with a firm called Coral Energy, which is also one of the shorthand terms that Treasury and White House officials informally used to describe the trading network.
—David Ignatius, Washington Post, 18 June 2024
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Erin Levi, TIME, 25 July 2024
The 34-year-old became a naturalized Azerbaijani citizen in 2015, and will headline the country’s first-ever appearance in three-on-three at the Olympics.
—Kels Dayton, Hartford Courant, 7 July 2024
Raisi was returning from the Azerbaijani border after an event to inaugurate the Qiz-Qalaisi Dam, a joint project between the two countries.
—James Powel, USA TODAY, 20 May 2024
That article claimed that the Azerbaijani executives had worked in the past with a firm called Coral Energy, which is also one of the shorthand terms that Treasury and White House officials informally used to describe the trading network.
—David Ignatius, Washington Post, 18 June 2024
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“Azerbaijani.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Azerbaijani. Accessed 11 Sep. 2024.
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