Dr. Alakbarli provided the field collection of the data, the voice rendition, and collaborated on the content of the names analysis; Professor Sheil was the phonetics expert. He translated auditory tape into the BBC-NYTimes Easy Pronunciation as well as the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). Aytan Aliyeva also helped with the voice rendition. Professor Sheil and Christopher C. Taverna (Academic Information Technology, SUNY Fredonia) prepared the entries for the website. We would also like to thank Betty Blair, Editor of Azerbaijan International, for her encouragement throughout this project. We are also grateful to Professor Darryl A. Spencer of Johnson & Wales University – Charlotte (North Carolina) for helpful explanations on etymology.

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Order of entry:

1. English spelling.
2. Azeri spelling.
3. Gender.
4. BBC-NYTimes (Easy) Style of Pronunciation
5. International Phonetic Alphabet style.
6. Language(s) of origin, if not Azeri, meaning, historical note, if any.
7. Total frequency of the name, frequency by period.

Modified BBC Spelling
Further modified to accommodate this project
Symbol used	Example
VOWELS
ă	as in the word hat, camp
ah	as in the words father, botch
aw	as in the words call, bought, soft
ay	as in the words caper, rain
eh	as in the words get, ready, Oedipus
ee	as in the words beet, receive, feat
o	as in the words go, beau, though
ŭ	as in the words put, book
oo	as in the words moon, couth, juice
uh	as in the words above, dumb
ü	no equivalent in American English - akin to the open ü in German, as in the word Hütte - a degree of lip rounding and tongue arching as if to say the vowel i, as in hit
ö	no equivalent in American English - akin to the open ö in German, as in the word Götter - a degree of lip rounding and tongue arching as if to say eh, as in get
CONSONANTS
b	as in the words bat, blubber
ch	as in the words church, catch
x	no equivalent in American English - akin to the ch in Hebrew, as in baruch, or in the Scottish word loch
d	as in the words dad, dodder
f	as in the words fife, phone
g	as in the words go, giggle
h	as in the words hip, who
j	as in the words joke, gym, adjust
k	as in the words kite, cup, luck
l	as in the words love, fill
m	as in the words men, dumb
n	as in the words name, ninny
p	as in the words pit, pepper
s	as in the words sin, cion, scissor
sh	as in the words shoe, schilling
t	as in the words tip, fight
v	as in the words very, savvy
w	as in the words win, awake
y	as in the words yet, bayonet
z	as in the words size, visible
zh	as in the words azure, vision

Example:

Thus, in the example the first line shows the spelling of the name in English. The second line shows the spelling in Azeri (in this name the letters in Azeri are the same as those in English). It is a feminine name (f). The third line shows the pronunciation in BBC style. The stressed syllable is in caps. The fourth line shows in brackets the pronunciation in IPA style. Below these the language of origin (Azeri from Turkic) is shown and the meaning “unfading.” Finally, the frequency. There were 8 women who bore the name, 1 from Political Time Period 1 (1917 and before), 1 from the second period (1918-1919), 4 from the 3rd period (1920-1940), 1 from the fifth period, and 1 from the sixth.

 

 

 

Note that the names are presented in seven sections. Begin by clicking on one of the sections. It will take a short time for the section to load. Then it will begin. To stop, click on the two vertical lines above START. To begin again, click on those lines again. It is also possible to move around in the section by clicking on the white part of the moving green line just above two parallel lines at the left (this turns into a right arrow during the PLAY phase).

 

Pronunciation of Azeri Names:

Names Beginning with the Letter A

Names Beginning with the Letters B-E

Names Beginning with the Letters F-G

Names Beginning with the Letters H-J

Names Beginning with the Letters K-L

Names Beginning with the Letters M-N

Names Beginning with the Letters O-R

Names Beginning with the Letter S

Names Beginning with the Letters T-Z

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Last Modified 02/14/2008

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