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.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Azerbaijanis canonical 80
Azerbaijani 12
Azeri 2

Statements (58)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Turkic people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Azərbaycanlılar ⓘ
surface form: Azeri Turks

Azərbaycanlılar ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
Azerbaijan ⓘ
surface form: Republic of Azerbaijan

South Caucasus ⓘ
northwestern Iran ⓘ
partOf Shia Islam ⓘ
surface form: 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 of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
traditionalDance Lezginka (Azerbaijani variant) ⓘ
Yalli ⓘ
traditionalFood dolma ⓘ
kebabs ⓘ
plov ⓘ
traditionalHoliday Newroz spring festival ⓘ
surface form: Novruz
traditionalInstrument balaban ⓘ
kamancha ⓘ
saz ⓘ
tar ⓘ
writingSystem Cyrillic script (historical) ⓘ
Latin script (Azerbaijan) ⓘ
Perso-Arabic script ⓘ
surface form: Perso-Arabic script (Iran)

Referenced by (96)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Georgians → relatedEthnicGroup → Azerbaijanis ⓘ
Caucasus → hasMajorEthnicGroup → Azerbaijanis ⓘ
Erivan Governorate → ethnicGroup → Azerbaijanis ⓘ
Islamic world → hasEthnicGroup → Azerbaijanis ⓘ
Azerbaijani language → spokenByEthnicGroup → Azerbaijanis ⓘ
Elisavetpol Governorate → ethnicGroup → Azerbaijanis ⓘ
Samtskhe-Javakheti → hasEthnicGroup → Azerbaijanis ⓘ
Tbilisi → hasEthnicGroup → Azerbaijanis ⓘ
South Caucasus → hasEthnicGroup → Azerbaijanis ⓘ
Persians → relatedGroup → Azerbaijanis ⓘ
Derbent → hasEthnicGroup → Azerbaijanis ⓘ
Baku Governorate → ethnicGroup → Azerbaijanis ⓘ
Azerbaijan → ethnicMajority → Azerbaijanis ⓘ
Turks → relatedEthnicGroup → Azerbaijanis ⓘ
Kvemo Kartli → hasEthnicGroup → Azerbaijanis ⓘ
western Iran → ethnicGroup → Azerbaijanis ⓘ
subject surface form: Western Iran
Khashuri Municipality → hasEthnicMinority → Azerbaijanis ⓘ
Azərbaycanlılar → ethnonym → Azerbaijanis ⓘ
Lezginka (Azerbaijani variant) → associatedWithEthnicGroups → Azerbaijanis ⓘ
Iranian Azerbaijan → ethnicMajority → Azerbaijanis ⓘ
Turkmens → relatedEthnicGroup → Azerbaijanis ⓘ
Gagauz → relatedEthnicGroups → Azerbaijanis ⓘ
Quba region of Azerbaijan → ethnicGroup → Azerbaijanis ⓘ
subject surface form: Quba District
Eastern Georgia → hasEthnicMinority → Azerbaijanis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Azerbaijani
Astrakhan Oblast → ethnicGroup → Azerbaijanis ⓘ
Azerbaijani American → ethnicOrigin → Azerbaijanis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani American → ethnicOrigin → Azerbaijanis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Azeri
Azerbaijani American → relatedTo → Azerbaijanis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iranian Azerbaijani
Erivan uezd → ethnicGroup → Azerbaijanis ⓘ
Iraqi Turkmen → relatedEthnicity → Azerbaijanis ⓘ
Mirza → usedByEthnicGroup → Azerbaijanis ⓘ
Surmalu uezd → ethnicComposition → Azerbaijanis ⓘ
Ganja → majorEthnicGroup → Azerbaijanis ⓘ
Fuzuli → ethnicGroup → Azerbaijanis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Azerbaijani
Epic of Köroğlu → associatedWithPeople → Azerbaijanis ⓘ
Oghuz → hasDescendant → Azerbaijanis ⓘ
Zangezur uezd → ethnicComposition → Azerbaijanis ⓘ
Talysh → neighboringPeople → Azerbaijanis ⓘ
southern Georgia → containsMinorityGroup → Azerbaijanis ⓘ
subject surface form: Southern Georgia
southern Georgia → hasCulturalInfluence → Azerbaijanis ⓘ
subject surface form: Southern Georgia
this entity surface form: Azerbaijani
Eastern Caucasus → hasEthnicGroup → Azerbaijanis ⓘ
Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic → minorityGroup → Azerbaijanis ⓘ
Salar → relatedEthnicGroup → Azerbaijanis ⓘ
Lankaran Uyezd → hasEthnicGroup → Azerbaijanis ⓘ
Darband → ethnicComposition → Azerbaijanis ⓘ
Turkic peoples → hasEthnicSubgroup → Azerbaijanis ⓘ
Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic → ethnicMajority → Azerbaijanis ⓘ
Quba Uyezd → ethnicComposition → Azerbaijanis ⓘ
Zaqatala District → hasEthnicCommunity → Azerbaijanis ⓘ
Balakan District → hasEthnicGroup → Azerbaijanis ⓘ