Azerbaijani ( /ˌ AE z ər b aɪ dʒ AE n i, - ɑː n i / ) noma Azeri ( /z AE ɛər i, ɑː -, I-ə -/ ), ebizwa nangokuthi i- Azeri Turkic noma i- Azeri Turkish, iwulimi lwesiTurkic olukhulunywa ikakhulukazi abantu base -Azerbaijani, abahlala ikakhulukazi eRiphabhulikhi yase-Azerbaijan lapho kukhulunywa khona izinhlobonhlobo zaseNyakatho Azerbaijani, nasesifundeni sase- Azerbaijan e-Iran, lapho kukhulunywa khona izinhlobonhlobo ze-South Azerbaijani.Nakuba kunezinga eliphezulu kakhulu lokuqondana phakathi kwazo zombili izinhlobo zesi-Azerbaijani, kunomehluko omkhulu kuphonology, lexicon, morphology, syntax kanye nemithombo yamagama emalimboleko. I-North Azerbaijani inesikhundla esisemthethweni eRiphabhulikhi yase-Azerbaijan nase- Dagestan ( isihloko sombuso waseRussia ) kodwa i-South Azerbaijani ayinaso isimo esisemthethweni e- Iran, lapho iningi labantu base-Azerbaijan lihlala khona. Kuphinde kukhulunywe namazinga ahlukene amancane emiphakathini yase-Azerbaijani yaseGeorgia naseTurkey kanye nemiphakathi ehlala kwamanye amazwe, ikakhulukazi eYurophu naseNyakatho Melika. Zombili izinhlobo zesi-Azerbaijani zingamalungu egatsha le-Oghuz lezilimi zesiTurkic.Uhlobo olujwayelekile lwesi-Azerbaijani saseNyakatho (esikhulunywa eRiphabhulikhi yase-Azerbaijan nase-Russia) lususelwe kulwimi lwesigodi lwase-Shirvani, kuyilapho i-Iranian Azerbaijani isebenzisa ulimi lwesigodi lwesi- Tabrizi njengezinhlobonhlobo zalo ezidumile.