Azerbaijani inventions and discoveries are inventions and discoveries by Azerbaijani scientists and researchers, both locally and while working at overseas research institutes.
Science[edit]
Mathematics[edit]
- Fuzzy Logic. Lotfi Aliasker Zadeh (1965).
Physics[edit]
Astronomy[edit]
Biology[edit]
- Buffalo breeding. Aghakhan Aghabeyli (1932)
Medicine[edit]
- Analgesic. Mustafa Topchubashov (1938).
Oil industry[edit]
- Oil in Russia. Farman Salmanov (1961).
- Oil in India. Eyyub Taghiyev (1958)
- Oil in Brazil. Eyyub Taghiyev (1961)
- Offshore oil platform. Agha Aliyev (1949)
Weapons[edit]
- Molotov cocktail. Yusif Mammadaliyev (1939-1940)
- S-300 (Favorit). Igor Ashurbeyli
- S-400 (Triumf). Igor Ashurbeyli
- Tectonic weapon. Ikram Karimov (1970)
- F-1 (nuclear reactor). Abbas Chaykhorski (1946)
- Istiglal – a recoil-operated, semi-automatic anti-material sniper rifle.[1][2]
- Yalguzag – a bolt-action sniper rifle that fires the 7.62×51mm NATO round used by the Azerbaijani Land Forces.
Art[edit]
- Shabaka (window) – stained glass windows made by national Azerbaijani masters, without glue or nails.
Folk music[edit]
- Ashiqs of Azerbaijan
- Jazz-Mugham. Vagif Mustafazadeh (1960).
- Meykhana – literary and folk rap tradition, consisting of an unaccompanied song performed by one or more people improvising on a particular subject.[3][4]
- Mugham – folk musical composition from Azerbaijan.[5]
Musical Instruments[edit]
- Balaban – a cylindrical-bore, double-reed wind instrument.[6]
- Nagara (drum) – folk drum with double head that is played on one side with the bare hands.
- Tar – Mirza Sadig (1870).[7]
Language and literature[edit]
Foods[edit]
- Dovga
- Doymenj
- Dushbara – a sort of dumplings of dough filled with ground meat and flavor.[8]
- Qutab – a thinly rolled dough that may be cooked briefly on a convex griddle.[9][10][11]
- Shekarbura – Azerbaijani dessert. There are still several of deserts and popular foods of Azerbaijan.[citation needed]
- Azerbaijani pakhlava – an Azerbaijani variant of Baklava.
Sports[edit]
- Sur-papakh – traditional equestrian sport.
References[edit]
- ^ "Azerbaijan-produced sniper rifles and armors to be demonstrated at an exhibition in Istanbul". Archived from the original on 2009-01-30. Retrieved 2009-07-03.
- ^ "International Defense Exhibition Fair (IDEF-2009) was over". Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense. 2009-01-05. Retrieved 2009-07-03.
- ^ Bahl, Taru; Syed, M. H. (2003). Encyclopaedia of the Muslim World. Anmol Publications PVT. p. 25. ISBN 9788126114191.
- ^ Мейхана - это не «хулиганский жанр», а часть азербайджанского фольклора - режиссер Абдуль Махмудов Archived 2013-10-14 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
- ^ UNESCO - Intangible Heritage Section. "UNESCO Culture Sector - Intangible Heritage - 2003 Convention". unesco.org.
- ^ Музыкальная энциклопедия. Баламан. Под ред. Ю. В. Келдыш. Т 1. А — М.: Советская энциклопедия, 1973.
- ^ Four new items inscribed on UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Unesco.org. Retrieved on 2013-01-01.
- ^ "Dushbara". qurman.az.
- ^ Milli mətbəximiz, tarixi, səciyyəvi xüsusiyyətləri (in Azerbaijani)
- ^ Кутабы (пирожки с зеленью) - азербайджанская кухня (in Russian)
- ^ Азербайджанская кухня | Кутабы (in Russian)