halal

Halaldır sənə!


az

Az, nə qayırırsan?!


ala

Ala, nə eləyirsən?!


salam

- Salam! -Əleyküm salam!
- Hello! - Hello to you, too!


haram

Haram olsun sənə verdiyim ürək!

(literally, “May the heart I gave you be haram for you; may it not benefit you”)

Shame on you for having broken my heart!


sağol

-Gəla, götür. -Sağol, qaqa
-Here, take it. -Thanks, bro

Sağol, tezliklə görüşənədək

Sağol, Rafiq.

amazement about one's prowess
amazement about one's prowess#English

amazement about one's prowess (used to express admiration or strong approval)


oldu

— Sabah səhər iş yerimə gəl. — Oldu!

—Come to my work place tomorrow morning. —OK!

OK (used to indicate acknowledgement or acceptance)


ədə

→ Armenian: ադա (ada), >? արա (ara)


əs-səlamu əleykum

LL-Q9292 (aze)-Azerbaijani audiorecordings-əs-səlamu əleykum.wav

Ultimately from Arabic السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ (as-salāmu ʕalaykum, “may peace be upon you”).

bor

السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ

(Islam) salaam alaikum (Muslim greeting)

good day; hello; hail (a common greeting)


heyf

Borrowed from Arabic حَيْف (ḥayf, “injustice”).


yəni

Ultimately from Arabic يَعْنِي (yaʕnī, “(he/she/it) means”).

der

(adverbial, conjunctive, prepositional, or adjectival) in other words, actually, namely, to wit, kind of, somewhat, id est, that is, meaning, you know


yaxşı

From Common Turkic *yakšï, derivation of Proto-Turkic *yak- (“to draw near; to fit, to be well-suited”).
Cognate with Turkmen ýagşy, Salar yaxşı, Crimean Tatar yahşı, Tatar яхшы (yaxşı), Kyrgyz жакшы (jakşı), Kazakh жақсы (jaqsy), Uzbek yaxshi, Uyghur ياخشى (yaxshi), dialectal Turkish yakşı.

— Onda sabah bir yerdə gedək.
— Yaxşı.
"Then let's go together tomorrow." "OK".

all right, OK;
Used to affirm, indicate agreement, or consent.

Yaxşı, pulum nə oldu?

all right, OK;
Used to acknowledge a statement or situation.

Yaxşı da, zarafat edirik. Uşaq olma.

Come on, we're just joking. Don't be such a child.

— Dünən müdür məni yanına çağırdı, dedi sən bizim ən yaxşı işçimizsən, maaşıvı artırırıq!
— Yaxşı!
"Yesterday, boss asked me to come by and told me, 'You are our best worker, we're going to raise your salary!'"
"Yeah right"!

(sarcastic) yeah right, get off with you! often followed by da to denote a disbelief in what one says.


ilahi

Ultimately from Arabic إِلٰهِي (ʔilāhī).


xudahafiz

Borrowed from Classical Persian خُدَاحَافِظ (xudāhāfiz).

bor+

Alternative form: xudafiz

O mənə baxaraq gülümsədi və "xudahafiz" dedi.

S/he looked at me smiling and said "goodbye"


xoş gəldiniz

Cognate with Kazakh қош келдіңіз (qoş keldıñız), Turkish hoş geldiniz "you came well", Kyrgyz кош келипсиз (koş kelipsiz), Uzbek xush kelibsiz “you have come well”.
Possibly a partial loan translation of Persian خوش آمدید (xoš âmadid, “welcome”).

cog

қош келдіңіз

Kazakh қош келдіңіз (qoş keldıñız)

кош келипсиз

welcome! (said to several people or to one person whom one addresses politely)


xoş gördük

[χɔʃ ɡœrˈdyk]

[χɔʃ d͡ʒœrˈdyt͡ʃ]

nice to see you [again]! (salutation phrase)


dəyməz

From third-person singular future uncertain indicative negative of dəymək (“to be worth of”). Literally, "It's not worth it".


alqış

Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *ạlkï- (“to bless, praise; to curse”) + -ış. Cognate with Turkish alkış, Bashkir алҡыш (alqış), Chuvash ылхан (ylh̬an, “curse”) etc.


baş üstə

LL-Q9292 (aze)-Azerbaijani audiorecordings-baş üstə.wav


kül başına

[cyl bɑʃɯˈɴɑ]

LL-Q9292 (aze)-Azerbaijani audiorecordings-kül başına.wav

Literally, "Ashes on your head!". A widespread statement of dissatisfaction in many languages in the Middle East.
Compare Gilaki خاک بی تي سر (xåk bə ti sər, “Put ashes on your head!”), Kurmanji xwelî li serê te be (“ashes on your head!”), dialectal Armenian մոխիրս գլխիդ (moxirs glxid, “my ashes on your head!”).

m+

մոխիրս գլխիդ

Kül sənin kişi başına!

And you're supposed to be a man? Are you calling yourself a man? Shame on you for your inability to behave as a man.

A statement of dissatisfaction or disapproval with someone, shame on you


maşallah

From Arabic مَا شَاءَ ٱللّٰهُ (mā šāʔa llāhu).

der

مَا شَاءَ ٱللّٰهُ

An indication of excitement, surprise or pleasant astonishment. Wow!


inşallah

From Arabic إن شاء الله (ʔin šāʔ allāh).

Arabic إن شاء الله (ʔin šāʔ allāh)


sabahınız xeyir

LL-Q9292 (aze)-Azerbaijani audiorecordings-sabahınız xeyir.wav

good morning (to several referents or polite)


axşamınız xeyir

LL-Q9292 (aze)-Zardabi Bakuvi-axşamınız xeyir.wav

good evening (to several referents or polite)


günortanız xeyir

LL-Q9292 (aze)-Azerbaijani audiorecordings-günortanız xeyir.wav

good afternoon (to several referents or polite)


hər vaxtınız xeyir olsun

LL-Q9292 (aze)-Azerbaijani audiorecordings-hər vaxtınız xeyir olsun.wav

Literally, 'May your every time (of the day) be good'.


abatınız xeyir

LL-Q9292 (aze)-Zardabi Bakuvi-abatınız xeyir.wav

LL-Q9292 (aze)-Azerbaijani audiorecordings-abatınız xeyir.wav

From aqibətiniz xeyir. See aqibət (“future, destiny, fate”).

-Sabahınız xeyir!

-Axşamınız xeyir!


göz dəyməsin

LL-Q9292 (aze)-Azerbaijani audiorecordings-göz dəyməsin.wav

Literally, 'May the (evil) eye not touch upon/hit [it]'.
Compare
Bashkir күҙ теймәһен (küź teyməhen),
Kazakh көз тимесін (köz timesın),
Kyrgyz көз тиймесин (köz tiymesin),
Uzbek ko'z tegmasin (“knock on wood”).

cog

күҙ теймәһен

көз тиймесин

(superstition) when speaking of something good, especially children, said to prevent that from getting jinxed; touch wood/knock on wood


nuş olsun

LL-Q9292 (aze)-Azerbaijani audiorecordings-nuş olsun.wav


hələlik

From hələ + -lik. It is very likely that the word is a calque of Russian пока (poka, “for the time being; bye, so long”).


başına dönüm

[bɑʃɯˈŋɑ dœˈnym]

LL-Q9292 (aze)-Zardabi Bakuvi-başına dönüm.wav

Literally, 'may I spin around your head'. Compare Turkish başına döneyim, Turkmen başyňa döneyin.
Compare also Azerbaijani başına dolanım and başına fırlanım with the same meaning.

term of endearment
term of endearment#English

(idiomatic) darling, my dear (a term of endearment used especially to convince someone or otherwise in situations of disagreement, such as in an argument)


heç zad

LL-Q9292 (aze)-Azerbaijani audiorecordings-heç zad.wav

(colloquial) all right, OK; Used to affirm, indicate agreement, or consent.


əfsus

Əfsuslar olsun ki, biz buna nail olmadıq


həri

Blend of hə + bəli, exhibiting the sound change as in r > l.

yes (less formal than bəli; also emphatic; not as informal as hə; ultimately colloquial)


əstəğfirullah

Borrowed from Arabic أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّٰه (ʔastaḡfiru llāh).

bor+

أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّٰه


buyur

Buyur, keç içəri.

here you are, here you go, there you are, please


buyurun

Buyurun, keçin içəri. (polite)


bərəkallah

[ˈbæ.ræcɑɫːɑh]

From Arabic بَارَك اللّٰه (bārak allāh).

bor

بَارَك اللّٰه

Bərəkallah, oğlum, məktəbi fərqlənmə ilə bitirmisən!

Well done, son, you've graduated from the school with honours degree!

Bərəkallah sənə, bu nədir eləmisən?!


əllərin ağrımasın

Calque of Persian دست شما درد نکنه (dast-e šomâ dard nakone, literally “may your hand not hurt”).

calque

دست شما درد نکنه

(chiefly South Azerbaijani, idiomatic) thank you


əllərin yorulmasın

Literally, 'may your hands not get tired'.


Allaha şükür

Ultimately a calque of Arabic الشُّكْرُ لِلّٰهِ (aš-šukru lillāhi, “thank God”, literally “gratitude to God”).

الشُّكْرُ لِلّٰهِ

Allaha çox şükür

thank God a lot (literally, “a lot of gratitudes to God”)

Allaha min şükür

thank God a lot (literally, “a thousand gratitudes to God”)

Allaha şükür, yetərincə imkanımız var.

Allaha şükür, gəlib-çıxa bildin.


əsla

Bununla demək istədiyim o deyil ki, hər oğlunu, həyat yoldaşını itirən qadın saçını boyamasın. Yox, əsla belə deyil. Sadəcə, mən daha saçlarımı boyaya bilmərəm.

2014 February 8, Firəngiz Ağalar, Məhəbbət Haciyeva, “Dərd qalmışdı, həmdərd getmişdi”, in 525-ci qəzet, page 22:

What I mean by this is not that every woman who loses a son or husband should stop dyeing her hair. No, by no means is it like that. It's just that I won't be able to dye my hair anymore.


namxuda

From Persian نام خدا (nâm-e xodâ, literally “the name of the God”).

bor

(dated, often used with maşallah) mashallah (used to praise someone)


ətağa

Izafet I compound of ət (“flesh”) + ağa (“master, lord, agha”), from the popular name of Mir Movsum Agha.
Perhaps originally used in the form "Ətağa haqqı", analogically to Allah haqqı, Quran haqqı, həzrət Abbas haqqı, etc.

(colloquial) I swear; I swear by the name of Mir Movsum Agha.


məki

Clipping of sikimə ki (literally “to my schlong”).