Azerbaijan
- n.
- 阿塞拜疆
演变路径（由近及远）
- 英语
- 借自 ←奥斯曼土耳其语 آذربایجان
- 借自 ←fa-cls آذَرْبَایْجَان
- 继承自 ←fa-ear آذَرْبَایْگَان
- 继承自 ←pal ʾtwrpʾtkʾn
- 继承自 ←peo *Ātr̥pātah
- 继承自 ←ira-pro *HaHtr̥paHtah
词源说明
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), Medieval Greek Ἀδαρβιγάνων (Adarbigánōn), Classical Syriac ܐܕܘܪܒܝܓܐܢ (ʾĀḏōrbêḡān), Coptic ⲁⲇⲟⲩⲣⲃⲁⲇⲁⲅⲁⲛ (adourbadagan).
释义（英文）
- A region in northwestern Iran, where ancient Atropatene was located, encompassing the modern provinces of Ardabil, East Azerbaijan and West Azerbaijan.
- A country in the South Caucasus in Asia and Europe