Azerbaijani
- noun
- /ˌɑːzərbaɪˈdʒɑːni/
:
azerí
- Virtually all Azerbaijanis consider Azerbaijani to be their native tongue.
Examples
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Literature enthusiasts appreciate how classic novels have been translated into Azerbaijani.
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Azerbaijani remains the official language, with no special concession to Russian, which is still widely spoken.
Academic text (2000) -
Ms. Edmonds is fluent in Turkish, Farsi, and Azerbaijani; and has an MA in Public Policy and International Commerce from George Mason University, and a BA in Criminal Justice and Psychology from George Washington University.
Blog text (33) -
Azerbaijan's first president, Abulfaz Elchibey, a specialist in Arabic philology and a former Soviet dissident, uses only Azerbaijani in public, despite speaking Russian fluently.
Academic text (2000) -
Many people in Azerbaijan are proud to speak Azerbaijani as their first language.
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The country's education system encourages students to learn Azerbaijani in addition to foreign languages.
Synonyms
A language spoken in Azerbaijan and northwest Iran
Compounds
Surface Forms
Morphology
Azerbaijani = Azerbaijan (transparent) = Azerbaijan + i
The name of the language is derived directly from the country name with the suffix '-i', a standard demonym/language formation.
Etymology
Azerbaijani names the Turkic language of Azerbaijan and nearby parts of Iran, and it is closely related to Turkish, so you can remember it as a 'cousin' of Turkish. So Azerbaijani the language is simply the speech of the 'land of fire'.
