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 Kremlin's influence as a power broker has waned since Azerbaijani forces displaced tens of thousands of Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh in 2023.
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Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Aug. 2025
Trump brokered a deal to end three decades of conflict between Armenia and neighboring Azerbaijan on Aug. 8, and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev signed the agreement at the White House.
—Lauren Villagran, USA Today, 9 Aug. 2025
President Donald Trump was in the middle as Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan flanked him on either side.
—Arkansas Online, 9 Aug. 2025
The territory assumed a de facto role in Armenia until Azerbaijani forces overwhelmed the republic in a swift campaign in September 2023, prompting mass evacuations of ethnic Armenians before it was then dissolved on Jan. 1, 2024.
—Caitlin McFall, FOXNews.com, 8 Aug. 2025
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Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Aug. 2025
Trump brokered a deal to end three decades of conflict between Armenia and neighboring Azerbaijan on Aug. 8, and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev signed the agreement at the White House.
—Lauren Villagran, USA Today, 9 Aug. 2025
President Donald Trump was in the middle as Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan flanked him on either side.
—Arkansas Online, 9 Aug. 2025
The territory assumed a de facto role in Armenia until Azerbaijani forces overwhelmed the republic in a swift campaign in September 2023, prompting mass evacuations of ethnic Armenians before it was then dissolved on Jan. 1, 2024.
—Caitlin McFall, FOXNews.com, 8 Aug. 2025
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“Azerbaijani.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Azerbaijani. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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