Emergency

1. Kömək edin!

   Kö-mək e-din!

   Help!

   Usage

   Shouting for help in an emergency situation

   Grammar Note

   "Et" (do) + imperative "-in" → "edin". "İmdat!" is another urgent cry for help. Azerbaijan emergency numbers: Police 102, Ambulance 103, Fire/rescue 101, Ministry of Emergency Situations 112. 112 is the Emergency Situations Ministry line, not the police number.

2. Təcili yardım çağırın!

   Tə-ci-li yar-dım ça-ğı-rın!

   Call an ambulance!

   Usage

   Used when a medical emergency occurs

   Grammar Note

   "Təcili" (urgent/emergency) + "yardım" (help). "Çağır" (call) + imperative "-ın". Azerbaijan ambulance number is 103.

3. Polis çağırın!

   Po-lis ça-ğı-rın!

   Call the police!

   Usage

   Used when a crime or accident occurs

   Grammar Note

   "Polis" is borrowed from Russian/English. Azerbaijan's police number is 102 (the Ministry of Internal Affairs call centre). 112 belongs to the Ministry of Emergency Situations (fire, rescue, disasters), not the police. To find a police station: "Polis məntəqəsi hardadır?"

4. Pasportumu itirdim

   Pas-por-tu-mu i-tir-dim

   I lost my passport

   Usage

   Reporting a lost passport to authorities or an embassy

   Grammar Note

   "Pasport" + "-um" (my) + "-u" (accusative) — multiple suffixes stack agglutinatively. "İtir" (lose) + past "-dim" (I did).

5. Məni xəstəxanaya aparın

   Mə-ni xəs-tə-xa-na-ya a-pa-rın

   Take me to the hospital

   Usage

   Used when you urgently need to get to a hospital

   Grammar Note

   "Xəstəxana" (hospital) + dative "-ya" (to). "Apar" (take/bring) + imperative "-ın". "Xəstəxana" = "xəstə" (sick person) + "xana" (house/facility).

6. Başım ağrıyır

   Ba-şım ağ-rı-yır

   My head hurts

   Usage

   Describing a headache to a doctor or pharmacist

   Grammar Note

   "Baş" (head) + "-ım" (my) + "ağrıyır" (hurts). Replace body part: "Qarnım ağrıyır" (stomach ache), "Dişim ağrıyır" (toothache).

7. Əczaxana hardadır?

   Əc-za-xa-na har-da-dır?

   Where is the pharmacy?

   Usage

   Asking for the nearest pharmacy

   Grammar Note

   "Əcza" (pharmacy, from Arabic) + "xana" (house/facility, from Persian). Azerbaijani vocabulary includes many Arabic and Persian loanwords.

8. Oğurluq oldu

   O-ğur-luq ol-du

   I was robbed / There was a theft

   Usage

   Reporting a theft to the police or authorities

   Grammar Note

   "Oğur" (steal) + noun suffix "-luq" (act of). "Ol" (become) + past "-du". More specific: "Pulum oğurlandı" (My money was stolen).

9. Sığorta sənədim var

   Sı-ğor-ta sə-nə-dim var

   I have my insurance document

   Usage

   Informing medical staff or authorities that you have insurance

   Grammar Note

   "Sığorta" (insurance) + "sənəd" (document) + "-im" (my) + "var" (I have). Suffixes add onto nouns agglutinatively. Travel insurance is strongly recommended.

10. Yaralıyam

    Ya-ra-lı-yam

    I am injured

    Usage

    Communicating that you are injured to bystanders or rescue personnel

    Grammar Note

    "Yara" (wound) + adjectival "-lı" + copula "-yam" (I am). Add "ağır" (serious): "Ağır yaralıyam" (I am seriously injured). Predicates appear sentence-finally in SOV.

11. Dayanın!

    Stop it!

    Usage

    Show this silently to a persistent tout or anyone making you uncomfortable; "Bəsdir!" (enough!) is stronger

12. Mənə toxunmayın!

    Don't touch me!

    Usage

    Show this when someone touches you; holding it up also tells bystanders what is happening

13. Oğurlandı!

    It was stolen!

    Usage

    Show this to bystanders or police to report a theft, then point at what was taken

14. Yolumu azmışam

    I'm lost

    Usage

    Show this before asking for directions; pair it with a map or your hotel name

15. Yanğın

    Fire

    Usage

    A fire that causes damage; the fire and rescue line is 101 and the emergencies ministry is 112

16. Oğru

    Thief

    Usage

    A person who steals; the act itself is "oğurluq"

17. Soyğun

    Robbery

    Usage

    The crime of taking property by force; built on the verb "soymaq" (to strip, to rob)

18. Cibgir

    Pickpocket

    Usage

    Built on "cib" (pocket); Georgian "ჯიბგირი" and Armenian "ջեբկիր" are borrowed from it

19. Adam oğurluğu

    Kidnapping

    Usage

    Literally "theft of a person": "adam" (person) + "oğurluq" (theft)

20. Qətl

    Murder

    Usage

    An Arabic loanword; the murderer is "qatil". Use it when reporting the crime

21. Kütləvi iğtişaş

    Riot

    Usage

    "iğtişaş" alone can also mean turmoil or disorder, so "kütləvi" (mass, involving many people) is added; this is the standard legal and news wording

22. Bomba

    Bomb

    Usage

    Needed when you spot a suspicious object or have to follow an evacuation order

23. Yanğınsöndürən maşın çağırın!

    Please call a fire engine

    Usage

    When you have spotted a fire and are asking a bystander to call the fire brigade

    Grammar Note

    Follows the "X çağırın!" ("please call X") pattern — the same as "Polis çağırın!" (call the police) and "Təcili yardım çağırın!" (call an ambulance) — with "Yanğınsöndürən maşın" (fire engine) filled in. Fire and rescue in Azerbaijan is 101

24. Polis məntəqəsi haradadır?

    Where is the police station?

    Usage

    Use it to ask where to go to file a report; show it and let the passer-by point

    Grammar Note

    Follows the "X haradadır?" ("where is X?") pattern — the same as "Xəstəxana haradadır?" (where is the hospital?) — with "Polis məntəqəsi" (police station) filled in. "Polis" is the police as an institution and "məntəqə" is a post or station

25. Təhlükə!

    Watch out!

    Usage

    Show it or shout it to warn of danger; the adjective "təhlükəli" (dangerous) and its negative "təhlükəsiz" (safe) come from the same word

26. Bu təcilidir

    It's an emergency

    Usage

    Use it to say that this cannot wait and needs attention right now

    Grammar Note

    "təcili" (urgent) is the same word as in "Təcili yardım çağırın!" (call an ambulance), from Arabic تعجيل. The final "-dir" is the predicative suffix "is", built the same way as "Qan qrupu A müsbətdir" (blood type is A positive). In physics writing the same spelling can arise from the unrelated noun "təcil" (acceleration) plus a possessive suffix, but the two cannot be confused in an emergency

27. Yanğın var! Qaçın!

    Fire! Run!

    Usage

    When you spot a fire and need to warn the people around you to get out

    Grammar Note

    "Yanğın" means fire. "var" is the same "there is" as in "Allergiyam var" (I have an allergy). "Qaçın" is the polite imperative of "qaçmaq" (to run, to flee). Fire and rescue in Azerbaijan is 101

28. Oğru! Tutun!

    Thief! Catch him!

    Usage

    Calling on bystanders when you have caught someone stealing

    Grammar Note

    "Oğru" means thief. "Tutun" is the polite imperative of "tutmaq" (to hold, to catch); the same pairing occurs in "qaçan oğrunu tutmaq" (to catch the fleeing thief)

29. Mənə oğurluq haqqında arayış lazımdır

    I need a theft report

    Usage

    Show it at the police counter after a theft, when you need the document for an insurance claim

    Grammar Note

    The "X lazımdır" ("X is needed") pattern, as in "Həkim lazımdır" (I need a doctor). "arayış" is the same word as in "Tibbi arayış" (medical certificate); "sağlamlıq haqqında arayış" (health certificate) has the very same "X haqqında arayış" shape

30. Yapon dilində danışan var?

    Is there anyone who speaks Japanese?

    Usage

    Show it at a hospital or police station when looking for someone who can interpret

    Grammar Note

    The "X dilində danış-" phrasing is the one used in "İngilis dilində danışırsınız?" (do you speak English?), with only the language swapped. "danışan" is the present participle of "danışmaq" (to speak), and the final "var?" asks whether there is one

31. O, huşunu itirib.

    This person is unconscious

    Usage

    Describing someone who has collapsed, to bystanders or paramedics

    Grammar Note

    The verb is "itirmək" (to lose), the same word as in "Pasportumu itirdim" (I lost my passport). "huş" is glossed "consciousness, awareness"; "huşunu itirmək" is the set phrase for losing consciousness

32. Adam suda boğulur!

    Someone is drowning

    Usage

    Calling for help at the water's edge

    Grammar Note

    "Adam" (person) is the word in "Adam oğurluğu" (kidnapping). "boğulmaq" is glossed "to choke, to drown". "suda" (in the water) is added because the verb is also used figuratively, e.g. drowning in tears

33. Məni döydülər.

    I was beaten

    Usage

    When reporting that you were assaulted

    Grammar Note

    "Məni" (me) is the accusative used in "Məni xəstəxanaya aparın" (take me to a hospital). "döymək" is glossed "to beat, beat up". Naming no agent and using the third-person plural is the usual way to report what was done to you

34. Məni bıçaqladılar.

    I was stabbed

    Usage

    Telling a doctor or the police that you have a knife wound

    Grammar Note

    The same agent-less third-person plural construction as "Məni döydülər". "bıçaqlamaq" is glossed "to knife" — to injure by stabbing or slashing

35. Otağıma oğru girib.

    My room was broken into

    Usage

    Telling the hotel or the police that your room was entered while you were out

    Grammar Note

    "oğru" means thief. "girmək" is glossed "to enter" and takes the dative, so "otaq" becomes "otağıma" (into my room). The same phrasing occurs in "Boş bir evə oğru girir" (a thief enters an empty house)

36. O adam cinayətkardır.

    That person is the culprit

    Usage

    Show it to the police while pointing at the person

    Grammar Note

    "adam" (person) is the word in "Adam oğurluğu" (kidnapping). "cinayətkar" is glossed "criminal". The final "-dır" is the predicative suffix "is", built the same way as "Qan qrupu A müsbətdir" (blood type is A positive)

37. Məni aldatdılar.

    I was deceived

    Usage

    When reporting that you have been scammed or overcharged

    Grammar Note

    The same stem "aldat-" as in "Məni aldatma" (don't deceive me), put into the agent-less third-person plural past. "aldatmaq" is glossed "to deceive, fool"

38. Pulqabım oğurlandı.

    My wallet was stolen

    Usage

    When reporting that your wallet was stolen

    Grammar Note

    The verb form of "Oğurlandı!" (it was stolen) with the stolen item placed in front; "-ım" is the possessive suffix "my". The same combination occurs in "cibindən … pulqabı oğurlanmış" (a wallet was stolen from his pocket)

39. Əşyalarımı unutmuşam.

    I left my things behind

    Usage

    When you have left your belongings in a shop or a vehicle

    Grammar Note

    The "-mışam" ending is the first-person perfect, the same formation as "Yolumu azmışam" (I am lost). "əşya" is glossed "thing, item" and "unutmaq" "to forget"

40. Yol qəzası oldu.

    There has been a traffic accident

    Usage

    When reporting that an accident has happened

    Grammar Note

    The "X oldu" ("X happened") pattern, the same as "Oğurluq oldu" (there was a theft). "yol qəzası" is a collocation of "qəza", glossed "car accident, traffic collision, car crash"

41. Məni maşın vurub.

    I was hit by a car

    Usage

    Telling a doctor or the police that a vehicle hit you

    Grammar Note

    "Məni" (me) is the accusative used in "Məni xəstəxanaya aparın"; "maşın" (car) is the word in "Yanğınsöndürən maşın" (fire engine). "vurmaq" is glossed "to hit, to pound, to beat". The same phrasing occurs in "tanınmış futbolçunu maşın vurub" (a car hit a well-known footballer)

42. Təcili çıxışdan çıxın.

    Please escape through the emergency exit

    Usage

    Pointing out the escape route in a fire or similar emergency

    Grammar Note

    On signs, "TƏCİLİ ÇIXIŞ" (emergency exit) is written in all caps by convention. "-dan" is the ablative "from"; "çıxmaq" is glossed "to go out, to come out"

43. Tələsin, zəhmət olmasa.

    Please hurry

    Usage

    Urging someone on when every moment counts

    Grammar Note

    "zəhmət olmasa" (please) is the politeness tag used in "Zəhmət olmasa yavaş danışın" (please speak slowly) and "Taksi çağırın, zəhmət olmasa" (please call a taxi); it can stand at either end of the sentence. "tələsmək" is glossed "to hurry, hasten"

44. Zəhmət olmasa dərhal gəlin.

    Please come right away

    Usage

    Asking someone, in person or by phone, to come immediately

    Grammar Note

    The "Zəhmət olmasa + imperative" pattern, as in "Zəhmət olmasa gözləyin" (please wait) and "Zəhmət olmasa mənə kömək edin" (please help me). "dərhal" is glossed "immediately". "gəlin" is the polite imperative of "gəlmək" (to come), but the same spelling is also the noun "bride" — always show it together with "Zəhmət olmasa"

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