Azerbaijanとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

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).

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˌæz.ə.baɪˈdʒɑːn/
• (General American) IPA: /ˌæz.əɹ.baɪˈdʒɑn/, /ˌɑ.zəɹ.baɪˈdʒɑn/
• (hyperforeign) IPA: /ˌæz.ə(ɹ).baɪˈʒɑːn/, /ˌɑ.zə(ɹ).baɪˈʒɑːn/
• 韻: -ɑːn

固有名詞

Azerbaijan

1. A region in northwestern Iran, where ancient Atropatene was located, encompassing the modern provinces of Ardabil, East Azerbaijan and West Azerbaijan.

   Synonyms: (politically loaded) Iranian Azerbaijan, South Azerbaijan

   • 1830, The life of Sheikh Mohammad Ali Hazin, page 206:

     Tahmâsb Coli Khân went to Azerbâïjân, and having liberated its capital, Tabriz, […]

   • 1886, Works Issued by the Hakluyt Society, page clxi:

     Among these were Azerbaijan and Shirvan, where disorders had freshly broken out, […]

2. A country in the South Caucasus in Asia and Europe. Official name: Republic of Azerbaijan. Capital: Baku.

   Synonyms: Caucasian Azerbaijan, North Azerbaijan

   Near-synonyms: (historical) Arran, Shirvan

   • 2025 September 8, Harlan Ullman, “Will America survive another 250 years?”, in The Hill‎:

     Trump’s authority has stretched internationally, so far unsuccessfully, to end the wars in Gaza and Ukraine, while claiming success in stopping conflicts between India and Pakistan and Armenia and Azerbaijan.

派生語

派生した語

• Chinese: 阿塞拜疆 (Āsàibàijiāng)
  • → Zhuang: Ahsaibaigyangh

関連する語

参考

参照

Further reading

• Category:Azerbaijan on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Azerbaijan on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Azerbaijan on Wikiquote.Wikiquote
• Azerbaijan on Wikivoyage.Wikivoyage