Ottoman Turkish

Adjective

آزاد • ‎(azad)

1. independent, unimpeded
2. liberal
3. free

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): [ʔɑːˈzɒːd]

Adjective

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

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

Derived terms

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

Adverb

آزاد • ‎(âzâd)

1. free
2. loose

Descendants

• Tajik: озод ‎(ozod)
  • Uzbek: ozod
• Azeri: 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, 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, published 1926–1935

Sindhi

Etymology

Borrowing from Persian آزاد ‎(âzâd).

Adjective

آزاد ‎(āzād)

1. free
2. unrestrained

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowing from Persian آزاد ‎(âzâd).

Adjective

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

1. free
2. independent
3. unrestrained