Azerbaijanis
Baku's native people
Azerbaijanis are the people of Azerbaijan, a country in the South Caucasus region where Europe meets Asia.
The term refers both to citizens of the Republic of Azerbaijan and to ethnic Azerbaijanis, a Turkic people who also form a significant population in neighboring Iran.
Azerbaijanis celebrate Novruz as their most important holiday.
Name shared by country and state
- ArmeniaCaucasian republic, capital Yerevan
- DagestanRussian republic, Caucasus mountains
- Caspian SeaEarth's biggest lake
- BakuAzerbaijan's seat of government
mountains · landscape · terrain · highland · plateau · steppe · ridge
Textile floor coverings
- tarFile bundling utility
- kebabGrilled food on skewer
- dolmaStuffed leaf parcels
- baklavaLayered nut pastry in syrup
pomegranates · tea · saffron · lavash · samovar · folklore · chess · jazz
Of Anatolia's republic
- TurkmenPerson from Turkmenistan
- SeljukMedieval Turkic ruling dynasty
- OttomanMember of Turkish dynasty
- AnatoliaWestern Asian peninsula
Tatars · Uzbeks · Kazakhs · Kyrgyz · Uighurs · Chagatai · Altai · common ancestry
Scattered population sharing origins
- identityWho someone is
- nationalityLegal belonging to country
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- ancestryFamily line of descent
demographics · population · ethnic group · minorities · expatriates · citizenship · migration · homeland
Language's structural rules
- vocabularyOne's word collection
- phonologyScience of language sounds
- syntaxRules for arranging words
- morphologyStudy of structural forms
dialects · Latin script · Arabic script · loanwords · bilingualism · diglossia · cognates · orthography
Georgia
Name shared by country and state
- ArmeniaCaucasian republic, capital Yerevan
- DagestanRussian republic, Caucasus mountains
- Caspian SeaEarth's biggest lake
Baku · mountains · landscape · terrain · highland · plateau · steppe · ridge
carpets
Textile floor coverings
baklava · pomegranates · tea · saffron · lavash · samovar · folklore · chess · jazz · miniature painting
Turkish
Of Anatolia's republic
Anatolia · Tatars · Uzbeks · Kazakhs · Kyrgyz · Uighurs · Chagatai · Altai · common ancestry
diaspora
Scattered population sharing origins
- identityWho someone is
- nationalityLegal belonging to country
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
ancestry · demographics · population · ethnic group · minorities · expatriates · citizenship · migration · homeland · Iran
grammar
Language's structural rules
- vocabularyOne's word collection
- phonologyScience of language sounds
- syntaxRules for arranging words
morphology · dialects · Latin script · Arabic script · loanwords · bilingualism · diglossia · cognates · orthography · semantics