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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Hindustani آزادی (āzādī) / आज़ादी (āzādī), from Classical Persian آزادی (āzādī).
Noun
azadi (uncountable)
- (chiefly South Asia) Freedom, independence.
2014, Urvashi Butalia, Speaking Peace: Women’s Voices from Kashmir, India: Zubaan Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, →ISBN:As we were leaving the area we were surrounded by girls and women shouting ‘We want Azadi’.
2014, Tarif Naaz, Mayhem in Paradise, Notion Press, →ISBN, →ISBN:Ali took a cup of tea, and Wajahat stopped conversation till the waiter left and then continued, “We can also take arms and fight for our Azadi. We should prove that we are not cowards. We can also fight for our cause, for our rights.”
2021, Boaventura De Sousa Santos, Bruno Sena Martins, The Pluriverse of Human Rights: The Diversity of Struggles for Dignity, Milton: Taylor & Francis, →ISBN, →OCLC, →ISBN:The call for azadi was semantically rich, able to incorporate within it a critique of different forms of patriarchal violence, control, humiliation and censorship.
Azerbaijani
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian آزادی (âzâdi).
Noun
azadi (definite accusative azadini, plural azadilər)
- (Classical Azerbaijani) Synonym of azadlıq (“freedom”)
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