Azerbaijanis

E6458

Turkic people ethnic group

Azerbaijanis are a Turkic ethnic group primarily inhabiting Azerbaijan and northwestern Iran, known for their Azerbaijani language, rich musical and literary traditions, and predominantly Shia Muslim heritage.

Aliases (3)

Statements (58)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Turkic people → ethnic group →
alsoKnownAs	Azeri Turks → Azeris →
associatedCountry	Azerbaijan → Iran →
autonym	Azərbaycanlılar → Azərilər →
culture	Azerbaijani carpet weaving → Azerbaijani literature → Azerbaijani music → ashiq tradition → mugham →
ethnonymLanguage	Azerbaijani language →
historicalState	Azerbaijan Democratic Republic → Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic → Qajar Iran → Safavid Empire →
languageFamily	Oghuz branch of Turkic languages →
majorityReligion	Shia Islam →
nativeTo	Iranian Azerbaijan → Republic of Azerbaijan → South Caucasus → northwestern Iran →
partOf	Shia Muslim world → Turkic world →
primaryLanguage	Azerbaijani language →
region	Caucasus → Middle East →
relatedEthnicGroup	Gagauz → Iranian peoples → Tatars → Turkmens → Turks →
religion	Christianity → Judaism → Sunni Islam → secularism →
significantPopulationIn	Canada → Georgia → Germany → Russia → Turkey → Ukraine → United States →
traditionalDance	Lezginka (Azerbaijani variant) → Yalli →
traditionalFood	dolma → kebabs → plov →
traditionalHoliday	Novruz →
traditionalInstrument	balaban → kamancha → saz → tar →
writingSystem	Cyrillic script (historical) → Latin script (Azerbaijan) → Perso-Arabic script (Iran) →

Referenced by (38)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Astrakhan Oblast → Baku Governorate → Elisavetpol Governorate → Erivan Governorate → Erivan uezd → Fuzuli ("Azerbaijani") → Quba District → Western Iran →	ethnicGroup
Derbent → Islamic world → Kvemo Kartli → Samtskhe-Javakheti → South Caucasus → Tbilisi →	hasEthnicGroup
Georgians → Turkmens → Turks →	relatedEthnicGroup
Surmalu uezd → Zangezur uezd →	ethnicComposition
Azerbaijan → Iranian Azerbaijan →	ethnicMajority
Azerbaijani American ("Azerbaijani") → Azerbaijani American ("Azeri") →	ethnicOrigin
Eastern Georgia ("Azerbaijani") → Khashuri Municipality →	hasEthnicMinority
Lezginka (Azerbaijani variant) →	associatedWithEthnicGroups
Epic of Köroğlu →	associatedWithPeople
Azərbaycanlılar →	ethnonym
Oghuz →	hasDescendant
Caucasus →	hasMajorEthnicGroup
Ganja →	majorEthnicGroup
Talysh →	neighboringPeople
Gagauz →	relatedEthnicGroups
Iraqi Turkmen →	relatedEthnicity
Persians →	relatedGroup
Azerbaijani American ("Iranian Azerbaijani") →	relatedTo
Azerbaijani language →	spokenByEthnicGroup
Mirza →	usedByEthnicGroup