آزاد

See also: أزاد‎ and أراد‎

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian آزاد‎ (âzâd).

Adjective

آزاد • (azad)

1. independent, unimpeded
2. liberal
3. free

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Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian ʾcʾt' (āzād, “noble; free”), from Old Persian *𐎠𐏀𐎠𐎫 (āzāta-), from Proto-Iranian *āzāta-. Cognate with Avestan 𐬁𐬰𐬁𐬙𐬀‎ (āzāta-, “noble”), Manichaean Middle Persian ʾʾzʾd (āzād), and Parthian 𐭀𐭆𐭀𐭕‎ (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

• IPA^(key): [ʔɒːˈzɒːd]

Adjective

Dari Persian	آزاد‎
Iranian Persian	آزاد‎
Tajiki Persian	озод (ozod)

آزاد • (âzâd) (comparative آزادتر‎, superlative آزادترین‎)

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

Inflection

predicative forms of آزاد

	singular	plural
1st person (I am/we are)	آزادم (âzấdam)	آزادیم (âzấdim)
2nd person (you are)	آزادی (âzấdi)	آزادید (âzấdid) آزادین (âzấdin) (colloquial)
3rd person (he, she, it is/they are)	آزاد است (âzấd ast) آزاده (âzấde) (colloquial)	آزادند (âzấdand) آزادن (âzấdan) (colloquial)

Derived terms

• آزادی‎ (âzâdi)
• آزاده‎ (âzâde)
• آزادانه‎ (âzâdâne)

Adverb

آزاد • (âzâd)

1. free
2. loose

Descendants

• Tajik: озод (ozod)
  • Uzbek: ozod
• Azerbaijani: azad
• Crimean Tatar: azat
• Gagauz: azat
• Hindustani:
  • Hindi: आज़ाद (āzād)
  • Urdu: آزاد‎ (āzād)
• Kurdish:
  • Central Kurdish: ئازاد‎ (azad)
  • Northern Kurdish: azad
• Ottoman Turkish: آزاد‎ (azad)
  • Turkish: azat
  • Greek: αζάτι (azáti)
• Sindhi: آزاد‎ (āzād)
• Tatar: азат (azat)
• Turkmen: azat

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^[1], New York, accessed 2015-01-06
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “ազատ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press

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Sindhi

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian آزاد‎ (âzâd).

Adjective

آزاد (āzād)

1. free
2. unrestrained

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Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian آزاد‎ (âzâd).

Adjective

آزاد • (āzād) (Hindi spelling आज़ाद)

1. free
2. independent
3. unrestrained