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
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The Baku dealership, for example, has sent an Azerbaijani carpet featuring the company’s bull logo.
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The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 July 2025
The jets also failed to deter Azerbaijan in subsequent border clashes and the Azerbaijani military’s September 2023 lightning offensive that captured the entire Nagorno-Karabakh and displaced its Armenian population.
—Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 8 June 2025
Fueling that triumph was advanced Israeli drone technology and an Azerbaijani military transformed by $40 billion in spending and decades of training, joint exercises, and coordination with Turkey.
—Zaur Shiriyev, Foreign Affairs, 26 May 2025
The addition of Azerbaijan to the Abraham Accords—an idea first published last December in Newsweek—has caught on in Israeli, U.S. and Azerbaijani circles.
—Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Apr. 2025
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The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 July 2025
The jets also failed to deter Azerbaijan in subsequent border clashes and the Azerbaijani military’s September 2023 lightning offensive that captured the entire Nagorno-Karabakh and displaced its Armenian population.
—Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 8 June 2025
Fueling that triumph was advanced Israeli drone technology and an Azerbaijani military transformed by $40 billion in spending and decades of training, joint exercises, and coordination with Turkey.
—Zaur Shiriyev, Foreign Affairs, 26 May 2025
The addition of Azerbaijan to the Abraham Accords—an idea first published last December in Newsweek—has caught on in Israeli, U.S. and Azerbaijani circles.
—Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for Azerbaijani
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“Azerbaijani.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Azerbaijani. Accessed 15 Aug. 2025.
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