آزاد

See also: أزاد and أراد

Kalami

Etymology

Probably from Persian آزاد.

Adjective

آزاد (āzād) m

1. free

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Kashmiri

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian آزاد.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aːzaːd/

Adjective

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

1. free
2. independent
3. unrestrained

Synonyms

• یَلہٕ (yalụ)
• مۄکُل (mọkul)

References

• S. K. Toshakhani, J. Lal Kaul, Mohiuddin Hajni, Prithvi Nath Pushp, Akhtar Mohiuddin (1968-1980) Kashir Dictionary Vol 1‎^[1] (in Kashmiri), volume 1, Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages, page 150

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Ottoman Turkish

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)

Related terms

• آزادسز (azadsız)
• آزادلق (azadlık)
• آزادلمق (azadlamak)

References

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “azat”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 399
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “azat”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian ʾcʾt' (/⁠āzād⁠/, “noble; free”), from Old Persian *𐎠𐏀𐎠𐎫 (*a-z-a-t /⁠āzāta-⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *āzāta-. Cognate with Avestan 𐬁𐬰𐬁𐬙𐬀 (āzāta, “noble”), Manichaean Middle Persian [script needed] (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

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Readings
Classical reading?	ā
Dari reading?	ā
Iranian reading?	â
Tajik reading?	o

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
• → Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܵܙܵܕ (āzād)
• → Azerbaijani: azad
• → Bengali: আজাদ (azad)
• → Crimean Tatar: azat
• → Kazakh: азат (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)
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi: ਆਜ਼ਾਦ (āzād)

  Shahmukhi: آزاد (āzād)

• → 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