North Azerbaijani→English

Translate North Azerbaijani to English the way locals mean it.

North Azerbaijani speakers often use familiar particles, idioms, and present-tense forms in ways that a textbook reader would take too literally.

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What locals actually say

Başımı xarab eləmə də.

Come on, don't drive me nuts.

Başımı xarab eləmək literally means “make my head spoiled,” but it is the everyday idiom for annoying or exhausting someone, while də adds a casual, mildly exasperated plea.

Canın sağ olsun, eybi yox.

It’s okay, don’t worry about it.

Canın sağ olsun literally wishes that your life or soul be well, but in this context it reassures someone after a mistake, and eybi yox means there is no problem.

Bir azdan gəlirəm.

I’ll be there in a bit.

Bir azdan means “after a little,” and the present form gəlirəm is commonly used for a near-future arrival, not necessarily that the speaker is already on the way.

Kartnan ödəyim? Üstümdə nağd yoxdu.

Can I pay by card? I don’t have any cash on me.

The colloquial suffix form -nan instead of ilə means “with” and signals informal spoken North Azerbaijani.

İkinci tinə çatanda sola burul.

Turn left when you reach the second corner.

Tin is a Baku urban word for a street corner, while burul is the everyday spoken verb for “turn.”

Qutabı qatıqla ye, daha ləzzətli olur.

Have the qutab with yogurt, it tastes better that way.

Qutab is a North Azerbaijani filled flatbread, so the word signals a specifically local food context.

Bacımgil bu axşam bizə gəlirlər.

My sister and her family are coming over tonight.

The suffix -gil refers to a relative together with their household and is a familiar North Azerbaijani family construction.

Bu işi bu gün yola verək, sabah rahat baxarıq.

Let’s push this job through today, then we can look at it properly tomorrow.

İşi yola vermək is a colloquial construction meaning to get something dispatched or out of the way, often with an informal sense of doing it quickly.

Notes like these come with every AIRTranslate translation, so you learn why locals phrase it that way as you go.

How North Azerbaijani differs

North Azerbaijani in Latin script; sən informal, siz formal; Baku standard.

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