If I had not known better, I might have thought that the word “aliyev” meant street, because it appeared on almost every street sign. But it was the name of the ruler, Heydar Aliyev, whose son, Ilham, succeeded him in 2003 and remains President to this day.
如果我没有深入了解，我一定会以为“aliyev”这个词是“街道”的意思，因为几乎每一个路牌上都有它。但其实他是统治者盖达尔·阿利耶夫（Heydar Aliyev）的姓，他的儿子伊尔汗（Ilham）在2003年继承父亲的衣钵担任总统至今。