Body Parts

1. Baş

   Head

   Usage

   Show it at a clinic and point to your head. "Başım ağrıyır" means my head hurts

   Grammar Note

   Azerbaijani has no gender. Possession is a suffix: -ım / -im means "my", so başım is "my head"

2. Saç

   Hair

   Usage

   Used at a salon or barber. "Saçımı kəsin" means please cut my hair

3. Üz

   Face

   Usage

   Use it to show where a skin problem is, or the area for a treatment

4. Göz

   Eye

   Usage

   At an eye clinic or pharmacy. The plural is gözlər

5. Qulaq

   Ear

   Usage

   Use it for ear trouble after a flight or a mountain road

6. Burun

   Nose

   Usage

   Use it at a pharmacy for a blocked nose or hay fever

7. Ağız

   Mouth

   Usage

   Used at the dentist or for a mouth ulcer. The ğ lengthens the preceding vowel rather than sounding as a hard g

8. Diş

   Tooth

   Usage

   Show it at the dentist while pointing at the tooth: "Dişim ağrıyır" — my tooth hurts

9. Dil

   Tongue

   Usage

   The same word means "language" — point at your tongue to be clear

10. Boyun

    Neck

    Usage

    Azerbaijani separates the neck (boyun) from the throat (boğaz); use this for outer pain such as a stiff neck

11. Boğaz

    Throat

    Usage

    "Boğazım ağrıyır" means my throat hurts — the phrase for a cold at the pharmacy

12. Çiyin

    Shoulder

    Usage

    Use it for pain after carrying a heavy backpack

13. Əl

    Hand

    Usage

    From the wrist down; the whole arm is qol. The letter ə is specific to Azerbaijani and sounds close to the "a" in "cat"

14. Qol

    Arm

    Usage

    Use it for where an injection goes; the same word also means a sleeve

15. Dirsək

    Elbow

    Usage

    Use it after a fall to show where you scraped yourself

16. Barmaq

    Finger / toe

    Usage

    Both fingers and toes are barmaq; say əl barmağı (of the hand) or ayaq barmağı (of the foot) to specify

17. Dırnaq

    Nail

    Usage

    Used at a nail salon or for an ingrown nail. The dotless ı is a different vowel from i

18. Sinə

    Chest

    Usage

    Use it for chest pain or tightness

19. Qarın

    Belly / abdomen

    Usage

    The belly from outside: "Qarnım ağrıyır" is a stomach ache. The organ is mədə

20. Mədə

    Stomach

    Usage

    Use it for food poisoning, or when asking a pharmacy for something for your stomach

21. Kürək

    Back

    Usage

    At a massage or an orthopaedist; the lower back is bel

22. Bel

    Lower back / waist

    Usage

    Use it for pain after lifting luggage: "Belim ağrıyır" — my lower back hurts

23. Omba

    Hip

    Usage

    Use it at an orthopaedist for pain after a long walk

24. Ayaq

    Leg / foot

    Usage

    Azerbaijani ayaq covers the whole leg and the foot — point to the spot that hurts

25. Diz

    Knee

    Usage

    Easy to hurt after the Old City cobbles or the rocks at Gobustan

26. Topuq

    Ankle

    Usage

    For a sprain: "Topuğumu burxdum" — I twisted my ankle

27. Dəri

    Skin

    Usage

    Use it at a pharmacy for sunburn or bites; the same word also means leather

28. Sümük

    Bone

    Usage

    Use it when you suspect a fracture; an X-ray is rentgen

29. Qan

    Blood

    Usage

    For a blood test, or to say that you are bleeding

30. Ürək

    Heart

    Usage

    Use it to explain a heart condition; it is also the figurative heart

31. Bağırsaq

    Intestine

    Usage

    You cannot point at it, so show the word when explaining diarrhoea or cramps

32. Ağciyər

    Lung

    Usage

    Literally "the white organ". Use it for asthma or breathlessness at altitude around Shahdag and Laza

33. Qaraciyər

    Liver

    Usage

    Literally "the black organ", paired with ağciyər (lung). Use it when explaining a condition or medication

34. Böyrək

    Kidney

    Usage

    Use it for stones or a chronic condition

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