آزاد

See also: أزاد and أراد

Kalami

Etymology

Probably from Persian آزاد.

Adjective

آزاد (āzād) m

1. free

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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 (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Persian ʾcʾt' (āzād, “noble; free”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Persian *𐎠𐏀𐎠𐎫 (āzāta-), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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 (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Iranian *zan- (“to be born”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-, originally meaning “born (into the clan)” and, by extension, “noble” and “free”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʔɒːˈzɒːd]

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

Derived terms

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

Adverb

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, 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

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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