How to Use Azerbaijani in a Sentence

Azerbaijani

noun
  • An Azerbaijani duet sung in Russian has racked up millions of plays from listeners who may never learn the artists’ names.
    — Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 25 June 2026
  • The current supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, is of Azerbaijani descent.
    — Shukriya Bradost, The Conversation, 13 Jan. 2026
  • The Azerbaijani Embassy was hit by debris from an Iskander missile.
    — Robert Birsel, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Nov. 2025
  • Life had been unbearable for months under an Azerbaijani blockade, said his brother, Vova.
    — Ivan Nechepurenko Nanna Heitmann, New York Times, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Roughly six miles to the west lies Nakhchivan, a landlocked Azerbaijani exclave that Baku has long dreamed of connecting to its mainland.
    — Francesca Ebel, Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2023
  • This ethnic cleansing of Nagorno-Karabakh – first through hunger, then by force of arms – completed the Azerbaijani victory.
    — Ronald Suny, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2023
  • Just as the Azerbaijani leadership does, the men who run Georgia understand Moscow.
    — Thomas De Waal, Foreign Affairs, 3 June 2024
  • All of this signals that the Azerbaijani leader is now determined to keep Moscow out of any new regional settlement.
    — Thomas De Waal, Foreign Affairs, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Newsweek has contacted the Kremlin and the Azerbaijani foreign ministry for further comment.
    — David Faris, Newsweek, 28 Dec. 2024
  • At the same time, Azerbaijani officials have advocated for talks with a different format and agenda purely on their country’s terms.
    — Olesya Vartanyan, Foreign Affairs, 8 Dec. 2023
  • Thirty-eight people died, while 29 survived with injuries, Azerbaijani officials said.
    — Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 27 Dec. 2024
  • He was first approached by a man claiming to be an Azerbaijani living in Dubai, who recruited him for espionage activities.
    — Kevin Sabet, Newsweek, 24 Mar. 2025
  • Just ahead of last month’s offensive, the Azerbaijani defense ministry announced the army conducted a missile test of Barak-8.
    — Isabel Debre, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Oct. 2023
  • The documentary tells the story of Saeid Mollaei, who was born in Tehran to ethnic Azerbaijani parents.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Azerbaijani forces took over Nagorno-Karabakh, and over 100,000 Armenians were forced to flee.
    — Mark Temnycky, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Lebanon’s main Armenian party held a demonstration in front of the Azerbaijani Embassy that turned violent.
    — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2023
  • The Baku dealership, for example, has sent an Azerbaijani carpet featuring the company’s bull logo.
    — The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 July 2025
  • Despite these efforts, Armenian and Azerbaijani officials were unable to reach a final peace agreement.
    — Mark Temnycky, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Back then, Azerbaijani forces repurposed agricultural biplanes into decoy drones.
    — Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 27 Nov. 2025
  • The Pahlavi monarchy marked a rupture, banning the Azerbaijani language and curtailing local autonomy.
    — Shukriya Bradost, The Conversation, 13 Jan. 2026
  • The primary event in the life of any young Azerbaijani woman, after all, is undoubtedly her wedding and only that wedding can bestow the right to make changes, even if Allah does not approve of them.
    — Literary Hub, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Two goals to the good after 17 minutes, the Portuguese imploded as the visitors became the first Azerbaijani club to win a match in the league phase/group phase of the competition.
    — Dan Cancian, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
  • At that time, Azerbaijan launched a military operation against Armenia, where Azerbaijani forces took over a part of Nagorno-Karabakh.
    — Mark Temnycky, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Since the events in the autumn of 2023, Armenian and Azerbaijani officials have held numerous discussions on how to end the conflict.
    — Mark Temnycky, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The ethnic minorities—Kurdish, Baluchi, Azerbaijani, and others—who want a decentralized state and more autonomy?
    — Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 28 Feb. 2026
  • Though foreign ministers have approved treaty text, Armenian and Azerbaijani leaders have yet to sign it or seek parliamentary ratification.
    — Michelle L. Price, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2026
  • The defensive fragility of those weaker sides was laid bare in Liverpool’s 6-0 mauling of Azerbaijani visitors Qarabag on Wednesday.
    — Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2026
  • For different reasons, both the Azerbaijani government in Baku and its Armenian counterpart in Yerevan are keen to free themselves from Moscow’s grip.
    — Thomas De Waal, Foreign Affairs, 22 Sep. 2025
  • While Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev signed agreements affirming their commitment to sign a peace treaty, only their foreign ministers have initialed the text of the treaty.
    — Jared Gans, The Hill, 10 Feb. 2026
  • The Kremlin's influence as a power broker has waned since Azerbaijani forces displaced tens of thousands of Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh in 2023.
    — Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Aug. 2025

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