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آزاد

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See also: أزاد and أراد

Kalami

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Etymology

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Classical Persian آزَاد (āzād)bor.
Kalami آزاد

    Borrowed from Classical Persian آزَاد (āzād).

    Pronunciation

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    • Tone class: H(L)
    • IPA(key): /áːzáːd̪/

    Adjective

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    آزاد (āzād) m

    1. free

    References

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    • Baart, Joan L. G. (1997), “āzād”, in The sounds and tones of Kalam Kohistani: with wordlist and texts (Studies in Languages of Northern Pakistan; 1)‎[1], National Institute of Pakistan Studies, Quaid-i-Azam University; Summer Institute of Linguistics, page 77

    Kashmiri

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from Classical Persian آزاد (āzād).

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    Adjective

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    آزاد • (āzād) m or f (Devanagari आज़ाद)

    1. free
    2. independent
    3. unrestrained

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    Khalaj

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    Adjective

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    آزاد (âzâd)

    1. Arabic spelling of âzâd (“free”)

    Ottoman Turkish

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    Alternative forms

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    Etymology

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

    Adjective

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    آزاد • (azad)

    1. independent, unimpeded
    2. liberal
    3. free
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    Descendants

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    • Turkish: azat
    • → Albanian: azat
    • → Greek: αζάτι (azáti)

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    Persian

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    Etymology

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    From Middle Persian ʾcʾt' (/⁠āzād⁠/, “noble; free”), from Old Persian *āzātah, a northwestern borrowing from Proto-Iranian *āzātah. Cognate with Avestan 𐬁𐬰𐬁𐬙𐬀 (āzāta, “noble”), Manichaean Middle Persian 𐫀𐫀𐫉𐫀𐫅 (ʾʾzʾd /⁠āzād⁠/), and Parthian 𐭀𐭆𐭀𐭕 (ʾzʾt /⁠āzāt⁠/, “noble”), Northern Luri ںازا (aza, “free, mercy”). 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

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    Readings
    Classical reading? āzād
    Dari reading? āzād
    Iranian reading? âzâd
    Tajik reading? ozod
    • Audio (Iran):(file)

    Adjective

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    آزاد • (āzād / âzâd) (comparative آزادتَر, superlative آزادتَرین, Tajik spelling озод)

    1. independent, unimpeded
    2. liberal
    3. free
      • 1932, محمد اقبال [Muhammad Iqbāl], “The Martian Astronomer comes out of the Observatory”, in Arthur J. Arberry, transl., جاویدنامه [Jāvīdnāma, Book of Eternity]‎[3]:
        نیست یزدان را از آن عالم خبر
        من ندیدم عالمے آزادتر
        nēst yazdān rā az ān 'ālam xabar
        man na-dīdam 'ālam-ē āzād-tar
        God Himself knows nothing of that world;
        I have never seen a world more free
        (Indo-Persian script)
    4. loose

    Inflection

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

    △ Colloquial.

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    Adverb

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    آزاد • (āzād / âzâd) (Tajik spelling озод)

    1. free
    2. loose

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    References

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    • 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, 6 January 2015 (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

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from Classical Persian آزاد (āzād).

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    آزاد • (āzād) (Devanagari आज़ादु)

    1. free
      • سمورا انسان آزاد ۽ حقن جي حوالي کان برابر پيدا ٿيا آهن. انهن کي عقل ۽ ضمير حاصل ٿيو آهي، ان ڪري انهن کي هڪ ٻئي سان ڀائيچاري وارو سلوڪ اختيار ڪرڻ گهرجي (Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 1)[1]
        [translit?]
        All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
    2. unrestrained

    References

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    1. ^ https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/UDHR/Documents/UDHR_Translations/snd.pdf
    • Khānu, Balocu (1960–1988), “آزَادُ”, in Jāmiʻ Sindhī lughāta (in Sindhi), Hyderabad, Sindh: Sindhī Adabī Borḍ
    • Parmanand, Mewaram (1910), “آزاد”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, Hyderabad, Sindh: The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society

    Urdu

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    Etymology

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

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    Adjective

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    آزاد • (āzād) (indeclinable)

    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
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    References

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

    Further reading

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    • “آزاد”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
    • Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024), “آزاد”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Urdu Dictionaries]
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