The fastest words to learn are the ones you see most. This deck lists the 60 most common Azerbaijani words, each with a clear English meaning and a real example sentence. Study them below, or download the deck for Anki or Quizlet.
The best Azerbaijani flashcards to learn first are the words you meet most often. This free deck pairs the 60 most common Azerbaijani words, like mən, sən, o, with a plain English meaning and a real example sentence for each. Download it as a CSV for Anki or Quizlet, or learn the words in context by reading.
CSV columns are word, translation, example (with a header row). Ready to import into Anki, Quizlet, or any spaced-repetition app.
60 most common Azerbaijani words · Updated July 2026
| Azerbaijani | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| mən | I | Mən müəlliməm. |
| sən | you (singular, informal) | Sən çox mehribansan. |
| o | he, she, it; that | O, yaxşı insandır. |
| biz | we | Biz Bakıda yaşayırıq. |
| siz | you (plural, formal) | Siz haradan gəlirsiniz? |
| bu | this | Bu nədir? |
| bəli | yes | Bəli, doğrudur. |
| yox | no; there isn't | Yox, mən istəmirəm. |
| var | there is, there exists | Mənim bir sualım var. |
| kim | who | Bu kimdir? |
| nə | what | Sən nə istəyirsən? |
| harada | where | Sən haradasan? |
| niyə | why | Niyə buradasan? |
| necə | how | Necəsən? |
| amma | but | Mən yorğunam, amma xoşbəxtəm. |
| və | and | Mən çörək və su alıram. |
| çox | very; much, a lot | Bu, çox vacibdir. |
| az | little, few | Onun pulu azdır. |
| yaxşı | good | Bu kitab yaxşıdır. |
| pis | bad | Hava pisdir. |
| böyük | big, large | Bu ev böyükdür. |
| kiçik | small | Mənim otağım kiçikdir. |
| gözəl | beautiful | Bakı çox gözəldir. |
| yeni | new | Bu yeni kitabdır. |
| köhnə | old (for things) | Bu ev çox köhnədir. |
| isti | hot | Bu gün hava istidir. |
| soyuq | cold | Qış soyuqdur. |
| uzun | long | Onun saçı uzundur. |
| olmaq | to be; to become | O, həkim olmaq istəyir. |
| etmək | to do, to make | Sən mənə kömək edirsən. |
| getmək | to go | Mən məktəbə gedirəm. |
| gəlmək | to come | O, evə gəlir. |
| demək | to say; to mean | O nə deyir? |
| görmək | to see | Mən onu görürəm. |
| bilmək | to know | Mən cavabı bilirəm. |
| istəmək | to want | Mən çay içmək istəyirəm. |
| sevmək | to love | Mən səni sevirəm. |
| yaşamaq | to live | Mən Bakıda yaşayıram. |
| danışmaq | to speak, to talk | Mən azərbaycanca danışıram. |
| oxumaq | to read; to study | Bu kitabı oxuyuram. |
| yazmaq | to write | Mən məktub yazıram. |
| almaq | to take; to buy | Mən çörək alıram. |
| vermək | to give | Mən sənə kitab verirəm. |
| ev | house, home | Mən evə gedirəm. |
| su | water | Mən su içirəm. |
| çörək | bread | Anam çörək bişirir. |
| kitab | book | Bu kitab çox maraqlıdır. |
| gün | day | Sabah yeni bir gündür. |
| il | year | Bu il Bakıya gedirəm. |
| insan | person, human being | Hər insan fərqlidir. |
| uşaq | child | Uşaq bağda oynayır. |
| ana | mother | Mənim anam həkimdir. |
| ata | father | Atam hər gün işləyir. |
| dost | friend | O, mənim yaxşı dostumdur. |
| şəhər | city | Bu şəhərdə çox insan yaşayır. |
| dil | language; tongue | Azərbaycan dili gözəldir. |
| yol | road, way | Bu yol Bakıya gedir. |
| ad | name | Sənin adın nədir? |
| vaxt | time | Mənim vaxtım yoxdur. |
| iş | work, job | Sabah işim var. |
Flashcards fix words in memory; reading teaches you to use them. Lingo7 lets you read real books in Azerbaijani with sentence-aligned translation and native-narrated audio, and save any word to review later. Free to start.
The deck is built from high-frequency words, the ones that make up most of everyday Azerbaijani. Learning them first gives you the biggest return per card, because you will meet them again and again the moment you start reading or listening.
Flashcards work best with spaced repetition: review a card, and if you knew it, wait longer before seeing it again. Anki and Quizlet both do this automatically. Download the CSV, import it, and review a few minutes a day. Keep the example sentence on the card so you learn how the word actually behaves, not just its dictionary gloss.
One honest limit: flashcards build recognition, but you learn to use a word by meeting it in real context. Pair this deck with reading. When a word you drilled shows up in a story, it stops being a flashcard and becomes part of the language. That pairing is what reading in Lingo7 is built for.
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Start with the most frequent words. A few thousand high-frequency Azerbaijani words cover the majority of everyday text, so each of those cards pays off far more than a rare one. This deck gives you the top 60 to begin with, each with a meaning and an example sentence, so you learn the word in context rather than in isolation. When a card sticks, meet the word again in a real book to lock it in.
Click Download CSV to save the deck, then in Anki choose File, Import and select the file. Map the first column to the front (the Azerbaijani word) and the second to the back (the meaning); the third column holds an example sentence you can add to the back too. The first row is a header, so tell Anki to ignore it or delete that one card. For Quizlet, use Copy for Quizlet and paste into the import box with Tab between term and definition.
Flashcards are excellent for building recognition and drilling the first few thousand words, but on their own they teach words out of context. You learn to use Azerbaijani, not just recognize it, by reading and hearing the words in real sentences. The efficient combination is flashcards for raw vocabulary plus reading for context, collocation and grammar. That is exactly what Lingo7 is built around.
Roughly 2,000 to 3,000 common words cover most everyday Azerbaijani text, and around 5,000 gets you comfortably through many novels. You do not need all of them before you start: with sentence-aligned translation you can begin reading real Azerbaijani at a couple of thousand words and pick up the rest from context. This deck is a fast way to front-load the most useful 60.