100 Essential Azerbaijani Words

These are 100 essential Azerbaijani words, curated for learners: the pronouns, verbs, and everyday nouns that unlock simple sentences. Core-first learning works: a small set of essential words does most of the work in daily speech, so mastering this list with spaced repetition gives you the fastest possible start.

#	Word	Pronunciation	English meaning
1	mən	man	I
2	sən	san	you
3	o	oh	he / she
4	biz	beez	we
5	siz	seez	you
6	onlar	ohn-LAR	they
7	bu	boo	this
8	nə	na	what
9	kim	keem	who
10	və	va	and
11	ya	yah	or
12	amma	AHM-mah	but
13	ilə	ee-LA	with
14	üçün	ew-CHEWN	for
15	bir	beer	one
16	iki	ee-KEE	two
17	böyük	buh-YEWK	big
18	kiçik	kee-CHEEK	small
19	yaxşı	yahkh-SHUH	good
20	yeni	yeh-NEE	new
21	adam	ah-DAHM	person
22	su	soo	water
23	gün	gewn	day
24	il	eel	year
25	vaxt	vahkht	time
26	ev	ev	house
27	iş	eesh	work
28	həyat	ha-YAHT	life
29	söz	surz	word
30	olmaq	ohl-MAHG	be
31	etmək	et-MAK	do
32	demək	deh-MAK	say
33	bilmək	beel-MAK	know
34	görmək	gur-MAK	see
35	getmək	get-MAK	go
36	gəlmək	gal-MAK	come
37	vermək	vehr-MAK	give
38	almaq	ahl-MAHG	take
39	istəmək	ees-ta-MAK	want
40	yemək	yeh-MAK	eat
41	içmək	eech-MAK	to drink
42	indi	een-DEE	now
43	burada	boo-rah-DAH	here
44	orada	oh-rah-DAH	there
45	harada	hah-rah-DAH	where
46	niyə	NEE-ya	why
47	hamı	hah-MUH	all
48	çox	chohkh	very
49	hər	har	every
50	gözəl	gur-ZAL	beautiful
51	uzun	oo-ZOON	long
52	yaratmaq	yah-raht-MAHG	make, create
53	şey	shey	thing
54	var	var	there is (expresses to have)
55	baxmaq	bahkh-MAHG	look
56	daha	dah-HAH	more
57	bacarmaq	bah-jar-MAHG	can, be able
58	səs	sas	sound; voice
59	yox	yohkh	no (negation); there is not
60	ən	an	most
61	say	sahy	number
62	üstündə	ews-tewn-DA	over, on top of
63	çağırmaq	chah-ghuhr-MAHG	call (summon)
64	birinci	bee-reen-JEE	first
65	insanlar	een-sahn-LAR	people, persons
66	bəlkə	BAL-ka	maybe, perhaps
67	aşağı	ah-shah-GHUH	down
68	tərəf	ta-RAF	side
69	tapmaq	tahp-MAHG	find
70	heç	hech	(not) any; at all
71	hissə	hees-SA	part, portion
72	yer	yehr	place
73	yaşamaq	yah-shah-MAHG	live (be alive; reside)
74	sonra	sohn-RAH	after, then
75	geri	geh-REE	back, backward
76	yalnız	yahl-NUHZ	only
77	yuvarlaq	yoo-var-LAHG	round, circular
78	kişi	kee-SHEE	man, adult male
79	göstərmək	gurs-tar-MAK	show
80	altında	ahl-tuhn-DAH	under, below
81	içində	ee-cheen-DA	in, inside
82	kimi	kee-MEE	like, as
83	düşünmək	dew-shewn-MAK	think
84	kömək	kur-MAK	help (noun)
85	əvvəl	av-VAL	before, earlier
86	səbəb	sa-BAB	cause, reason
87	eyni	ey-NEE	same, identical
88	sağ	sahgh	right (direction)
89	oğlan	ogh-LAHN	boy
90	köhnə	kurh-NA	old (of things)
91	söyləmək	suhy-la-MAK	say, tell
92	üç	ewch	three
93	hava	hah-VAH	air; weather
94	son	sohn	end, final part
95	qoymaq	gohy-MAHG	put, place
96	oxumaq	oh-khoo-MAHG	read; study
97	əl	al	hand
98	hətta	HAT-tah	even (emphasis)
99	lazım	lah-ZUHM	necessary; must
100	yüksək	yewk-SAK	high, tall

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Curated for learners: Azerbaijani has no reliable public frequency corpus, so this list is ordered by usefulness, not by measured frequency. Pronunciation is a respelling guide, not phonetic notation.

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Frequently asked questions about Azerbaijani words

How many Azerbaijani words do you need for a basic conversation?

Across languages, a small core of words does most of the work in everyday speech: the first few hundred words carry the bulk of simple conversation. You can manage basic exchanges with a few hundred words; this list is the foundation to build on.

What is the fastest way to memorize these 100 words?

Spaced repetition: review each word just before you would forget it, at growing intervals. It moves vocabulary into long-term memory far faster than rereading a list. Turn the 100 words into flashcards and review a small batch daily; the whole list fits into two to three weeks.

Are 100 words enough to speak Azerbaijani?

No. One hundred words let you recognize the skeleton of most sentences, but not hold a real conversation. They are the right starting point: after this list, keep growing your core vocabulary and start speaking practice early, even with simple phrases.

Where does this Azerbaijani word list come from?

It is curated for learners rather than corpus-ranked: Azerbaijani has no reliable public frequency corpus, so we selected the words that unlock everyday sentences and ordered them by usefulness. These are essential words, not a measured frequency ranking.