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Travel Information After Plane Crash Did Russia Shoot Down Azeri Plane That Crashed in Kazakhstan?—David Faris, Newsweek, 28 Dec. 2024 Did Russia Shoot Down Azeri Plane That Crashed In Kazakhstan?—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024 The Azeri turned up at the journalist’s Brooklyn home with an AK-47-style assault rifle, prosecutors say.—Renee Maltezou, Cassell Bryan-Low, Yannis Souliotis and Phil Stewart, USA TODAY, 6 Oct. 2024 Part Kurdish and part Azeri, Pezeshkian was able to help bridge the ethnic fissures that afflict Iranian society, promising to address minority groups’ long-standing grievances.—Vali Nasr, Foreign Affairs, 29 July 2024 The 69-year-old hails from an ethnically mixed family – his father is Azeri and his mother is Kurdish.—Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 6 July 2024 Not satisfied with claiming the land, the Azeri’s are committed to removing any trace of Armenian presence or culture.—Harry Mazadoorian, Hartford Courant, 18 Apr. 2024 In tsarist and Soviet times, Moscow took a more overtly colonial approach toward the Muslim population of Azerbaijan, giving Russian endings to surnames and imposing the Cyrillic script on the Azeri language.—Thomas De Waal, Foreign Affairs, 3 June 2024 This hearty Azeri egg dish—which can be served in small pieces as an appetizer or side or cut into larger wedges as a main—is loaded with ground walnuts, onions, and eggplant, giving the meal a nutty, meaty consistency.—Megan Zhang, Saveur, 21 Dec. 2023
Word History
Etymology
Turkish Azeri & Azerbaijani azäri, ultimately from Arabic ādhar-, short for Ādharbayjān Azerbaijan
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