آزاد

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See also: أزاد and أراد

Kalami

Etymology

Probably from Persian آزاد.

Adjective

آزاد (āzādm

  1. free

Kashmiri

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian آزاد (āzād).

Pronunciation

Adjective

آزاد (āzādm or f (Devanagari आज़ाद)

  1. free
  2. independent
  3. unrestrained

Synonyms

References

Khalaj

Adjective

آزاد (âzâd)

  1. Arabic spelling of âzâd (free)

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Persian آزاد (âzâd), likely before the Ottoman Turkish era because the word is attested in other Turkic languages since the 11th century.

Adjective

آزاد (azad)

  1. independent, unimpeded
  2. liberal
  3. free

Descendants

  • Turkish: azat
  • Greek: αζάτι (azáti)

References

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian ʾcʾt' (/⁠āzād⁠/, noble; free), from Old Persian *𐎠𐏀𐎠𐎫 (*a-z-a-t /⁠āzāta-⁠/), a northwestern borrowing from Proto-Iranian *āzāta-. Cognate with Avestan 𐬁𐬰𐬁𐬙𐬀 (āzāta, noble), Manichaean Middle Persian 𐫀𐫀𐫉𐫀𐫅 (ʾʾzʾd /⁠āzād⁠/), and Parthian 𐭀𐭆𐭀𐭕 (ʾzʾt /⁠āzāt⁠/, noble). Akin to Old Armenian ազատ (azat), Georgian აზატი (azaṭi), Iranian borrowings.

Ultimately from the past participle of Proto-Iranian *zan- (to be born), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-, originally meaning “born (into the clan)” and, by extension, “noble” and “free”.

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? āzāḏ
Dari reading? āzād
Iranian reading? âzâd
Tajik reading? ozod
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Adjective

Dari آزاد
Iranian Persian
Tajik озод

آزاد (âzâd) (comparative آزادتَر (âzâd-tar), superlative آزادتَرین (âzâd-tarin))

  1. independent, unimpeded
  2. liberal
  3. free
  4. loose

Inflection

    Predicative forms of آزاد (âzâd)
singular plural
1st person
(“I am, we are”)
آزادم
(âzâdam)
آزادیم
(âzâdim)
2nd person
(“you are”)
آزادی
(âzâdi)
آزادید
(âzâdid)
آزادین
(âzâdin)
3rd person
(“he/she/it is, they are”)
آزاد است
(âzâd ast)
آزاده
(âzâde)
آزادند
(âzâdand)
آزادن
(âzâdan)
Colloquial.

Derived terms

Adverb

آزاد (âzâd)

  1. free
  2. loose

Descendants

References

  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “āzād”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press
  • ĀZĀD (Iranian Nobility)”, in Encyclopædia Iranica, online edition, New York, 2015 January 6 (last accessed)
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ազատ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press

Sindhi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian آزاد (āzād).

Adjective

آزاد (āzād) (Devanagari आज़ादु)

  1. free
  2. unrestrained

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian آزَاد (āzād).[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

آزاد (āzād) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling आज़ाद)

  1. free, independent
  2. liberated
  3. (by extension) safe (from fear, worry etc.)
  4. (by extension) released, freed (from enslavement or bondage etc.)
  5. (politics) self-governing, independent
  6. unrestrained
  7. progressive, liberal (often euphemistic)
  8. (rare) universal

References

  1. ^ آزاد”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.

Further reading

  • آزاد”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024) “آزاد”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Urdu Dictionaries]