Where does “Azeri” come from?

Azeri comes from Turkish azerî, which denotes a person or language from the Caucasus region.

Azeri (English): A person from Azerbaijan or of Azerbaijani...

Definitions

  1. A person from Azerbaijan or of Azerbaijani...

Ancestry of “Azeri”, step by step

Azeri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish azerî

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TurkishazerîAzerbaijani person
2PersianآذریAzerbaijani, Azeri

via Azerbaijani azəri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1AzerbaijaniazəriAzeri
Every word from Persian آذری →Every word from Turkish azerî →
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