# Azerbaijan

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˌæz.ə.baɪˈdʒɑːn/ · frequency rank #15,340

## Definitions
1. A region in northwestern Iran, where ancient Atropatene was located, encompassing the modern provinces of Ardabil, East Azerbaijan and West Azerbaijan.
2. A country in the South Caucasus in Asia and Europe. Official name: Republic of Azerbaijan. Capital: Baku.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آذربایجان (azerbaycan), from Classical Persian آذَرْبَایْجَان (āzarbāyjān), from Early New Persian آذَرْبَایْگَان (āḏarbāygān) / آذَرْبَادْگَان (āḏarbādgān), from Middle Persian [script needed] (ʾtwrpʾtkʾn) / [script needed] (ʾtwrpʾtkn /⁠āturpātakān, ādurbādagān⁠/), from [script needed] (ʾtwrpʾt' /⁠āturpāt, ādurbād⁠⁠/, “Atropates (the Persian nobleman who founded the kingdom of Atropatene)”) [whose name descends from Old Persian *Ātr̥pātah (literally “protected by fire”)] + -kʾn' (whence Classical Persian ـگَان (-gān)).
Compare Old Armenian Ատրպատական (Atrpatakan), Ատրապատական (Atrapatakan), Ատրպայական (Atrpayakan), Armenian Ադրբեջան (Adrbeǰan), Byzantine Greek Ἀδαρβιγάνων (Adarbigánōn), Classical Syriac ܐܕܘܪܒܝܓܐܢ (ʾĀḏōrbêḡān), Coptic ⲁⲇⲟⲩⲣⲃⲁⲇⲁⲅⲁⲛ (adourbadagan).

## Easily confused with
- **Azerbaijani** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/azerbaijan-vs-azerbaijani)

## Common misspellings (14)
`aezrbaijan`, `azebraijan`, `azerabijan`, `azerbaiajn`, `azerbaijann`, `azerbaijjan`, `azerbaijna`, `azerbajian`, `azerbbaijan`, `azerbiajan`, `azerrbaijan`, `azrebaijan`, `azzerbaijan`, `zaerbaijan`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/azerbaijan