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10 Language-to-English Dictionaries阿塞拜疆
Pronunciation / Transliteration: A-sài-bài-jiāng
"阿塞拜疆的首都是巴库。"
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A country situated at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia, bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia to the west, and Iran to the south.
"Baku is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan." - 2
The official language of Azerbaijan, belonging to the Turkic language family.
"He studied Azerbaijani to better communicate with locals during his trip to the Caucasus."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from Middle Persian Aturpatagan, named after Atropates, a Persian satrap of Media under Alexander the Great. The name evolved through New Persian to Azerbaijani as Azarbayjan, literally meaning 'land of the fire guardians' due to ancient surface fires of crude oil and natural gas.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Azerbaijan" is said worldwide
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Azerbaïdjan
Transliteration: ah-zer-bye-dzhan
"L'Azerbaïdjan est situé dans le Caucase."
Aserbaidschan
Transliteration: ah-zɛʁˈbaɪtʃan
"Aserbaidschan grenzt an das Kaspische Meer."
Azerbaigian
Transliteration: azerˈbaidʒan
"L'Azerbaigian ha una ricca storia culturale."
Azerbaiyán
Transliteration: a-seɾ-βaiˈʝan
"Bakú es la capital de Azerbaiyán."
Azerbaijão
Transliteration: a-zɛʁ-bajˈzɐ̃w̃
"O Azerbaijão é um país transcontinental."
अज़रबैजान
Transliteration: azarbaijaan
"अज़रबैजान कॉकस क्षेत्र में स्थित है।"
阿塞拜疆
Transliteration: A-sài-bài-jiāng
"阿塞拜疆的首都是巴库。"
아제르바이잔
Transliteration: A-je-reu-bai-jan
"아제르바이잔은 카스피해에 접해 있습니다."
アゼルバイジャン
Transliteration: Azerubaijan
"アゼルバイジャンの首都はバクーです。"
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