Azerbaijanize

== English == === Etymology === From Azerbaijani +‎ -ize. === Verb === Azerbaijanize (third-person singular simple present Azerbaijanizes, present participle Azerbaijanizing, simple past and past participle Azerbaijanized) to make Azerbaijani. 1996, Ronald Grigor Suny, Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies, American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, Transcaucasia, nationalism and social change: essays in the history of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia, Univ of Michigan Pr, page 439 During the Soviet Union, Azerbaijan legislatively Azerbaijanized its minorities, and Kurds, Lezgins, Talyshes, Avars, Meshkhetian Turks, and other small ethnic communities were labeled Azerbaijanis on their personal documents, ==== Translations ====