Azerbaijan

Meaning

Proper Noun

• A country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia; official name: Republic of Azerbaijan
• Iranian Azerbaijan

Origin

• From Persian آذربایجان, from Arabic أَذَرْبَيْجَان, from Classical Persian آذربایگان, آذربادگان, form Middle Persian, , from the name of Atropates, the Persian nobleman who founded the independent kingdom of Atropatene, from Old Persian 𐎠𐎬𐎼𐎱𐎫. For the suffix see -ական, گان. Compare Old Armenian Ատրպատական, Ատրապատական, Ատրպայական, Armenian Ադրբեջան, Byzantine Greek Ἀδαρβιγάνων, Classical Syriac ܐܕܘܪܒܝܓܐܢ, Coptic ⲁⲇⲟⲩⲣⲃⲁⲇⲁⲅⲁⲛ.