List of Azerbaijani inventions and discoveries

Azerbaijani inventions and discoveries are inventions and discoveries by Azerbaijani scientists and researchers, both locally and while working at overseas research institutes.

## Science

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### Mathematics

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* Fuzzy Logic. Lotfi Aliasker Zadeh (1965).
* Fuzzy Set. Lotfi Aliasker Zadeh (1965).
* Fuzzy algorithms. Lotfi Aliasker Zadeh
* Fuzzy probabilities. Lotfi Aliasker Zadeh
* Fuzzy events. Lotfi Aliasker Zadeh
* Fuzzy information. Lotfi Aliasker Zadeh
* Fuzzy Control System. Lotfi Aliasker Zadeh (1973)

### Linguistics

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* Fuzzy semantics. Lotfi Aliasker Zadeh
* Fuzzy Languages. Lotfi Aliasker Zadeh

### Oil industry

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* 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

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* 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

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* Shabaka (window) – stained glass windows made by national Azerbaijani masters, without glue or nails.

### Folk music

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Mugham performers in Baku. From left: tar, daf, kamancha.

* 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

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* 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

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* Persian sign language. Jabbar Asgarzadeh.
* School for Muslim girls. Zeynalabdin Taghiyev (1904)

## Foods

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* 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

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* Sur-papakh – traditional equestrian sport.

## References

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1. ^ "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.
2. ^ "International Defense Exhibition Fair (IDEF-2009) was over". Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense. 2009-01-05. Retrieved 2009-07-03.
3. ^ Bahl, Taru; Syed, M. H. (2003). Encyclopaedia of the Muslim World. Anmol Publications PVT. p. 25\. ISBN 9788126114191.
4. ^ Мейхана - это не «хулиганский жанр», а часть азербайджанского фольклора - режиссер Абдуль Махмудов Archived 2013-10-14 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
5. ^ UNESCO - Intangible Heritage Section. "UNESCO Culture Sector - Intangible Heritage - 2003 Convention". unesco.org.
6. ^ Музыкальная энциклопедия. Баламан. Под ред. Ю. В. Келдыш. Т 1. А — М.: Советская энциклопедия, 1973.
7. ^ Four new items inscribed on UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Unesco.org. Retrieved on 2013-01-01.
8. ^ "Dushbara". qurman.az.
9. ^ Milli mətbəximiz, tarixi, səciyyəvi xüsusiyyətləri (in Azerbaijani)
10. ^ Кутабы (пирожки с зеленью) - азербайджанская кухня  (in Russian)
11. ^ Азербайджанская кухня | Кутабы (in Russian)

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