آزاد

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See also: أزاد and أراد

Ottoman Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowing from Persian آزاد‏ (âzâd).

Adjective[edit]

آزاد • (azad)

  1. independent, unimpeded
  2. liberal
  3. free

Persian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

Adjective[edit]

Dari آزاد‏
Iranian Persian آزاد‏
Tajik озод (ozod)

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

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

Derived terms[edit]

Adverb[edit]

آزاد • (âzâd)

  1. free
  2. loose

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  • 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

Sindhi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowing from Persian آزاد‏ (âzâd).

Adjective[edit]

آزاد (āzād)

  1. free
  2. unrestrained

Urdu[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowing from Persian آزاد‏ (âzâd).

Adjective[edit]

آزاد • (āzād) — Hindi spelling: आज़ाद (āzād)

  1. free
  2. independent
  3. unrestrained
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