# آزاد
## Kalami
### Etymology

Probably from Persian آزاد.

### Adjective

آزاد (āzād) m
* free

## Kashmiri
### Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian آزاد (āzād).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aːzaːd/

### Adjective

آزاد • (āzād) m or f (Devanagari आज़ाद)
* free
* independent
* 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 (in Kashmiri), volume 1, Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages, page 150

## Khalaj
### Adjective

آزاد (âzâd)
* Arabic spelling of âzâd (“free”)

## Ottoman Turkish
### Alternative forms

* ազատ (azad) — Armeno-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)
* independent, unimpeded
* liberal
* free

#### Related terms

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

#### Descendants

* Turkish: azat
* → Greek: αζάτι (azáti)

### 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

## Persian
### Etymology

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

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [ʔɑː.zɑːð]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [ʔɑː.zɑːd̪]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [ʔɑː.zɑːd̪]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [ʔɑː.zɑːd̪]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [ʔɔː.zɔːd̪̥]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [ʔɒː.zɒːd̪̥]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [ʔɔ.zɔd̪]
* Audio (Iran):(file)

### Adjective

| Dari | آزاد |
| Iranian Persian | آزاد |
| Tajik | озод |
آزاد • (âzâd) (comparative آزادتَر (âzâd-tar), superlative آزادتَرین (âzâd-tarin))
* independent, unimpeded
* liberal
* free
* loose

#### Derived terms

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

### Adverb

آزاد • (âzâd)
* free
* loose

#### Descendants

* Tajik: озод (ozod)
** → Uzbek: ozod
* → Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܵܙܵܕ (āzād)
* → Azerbaijani: azad (azad)
** → Udi: азад (azad)?
* → Bengali: আজাদ (azad)
* → Crimean Tatar: azat
* → Kazakh: азат (azat)
* → Khalaj: âzâd
* → Gagauz: azat
* → Gujarati: આજાદ (ājād)
* → Hindustani:
    Hindi: आज़ाद (āzād)
    Urdu: آزاد (āzād)
* → Udi: азад (azad)?
* → Kurdish:
** Central Kurdish: ئازاد (azad)
** Northern Kurdish: azad
* → Ottoman Turkish: آزاد (azad), ազատ (azad) — Armeno-Turkish
** Turkish: azat
** → Greek: αζάτι (azáti)
* → Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਆਜ਼ਾਦ (āzād)
    Shahmukhi script: 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

## Sindhi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian آزاد (āzād).

### Adjective

آزاد • (āzād) (Devanagari आज़ादु)
* free
* unrestrained

## Urdu
### Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian آزَاد (āzād).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /ɑː.zɑːd̪/
* Audio (Pakistan):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɑːd̪
* Hyphenation: آ‧زاد

### Adjective

آزاد • (āzād) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling आज़ाद)
* free, independent
* liberated
* (by extension) safe (from fear, worry etc.)
* (by extension) released, freed (from enslavement or bondage etc.)
* (politics) self-governing, independent
* unrestrained
* progressive, liberal (often euphemistic)
* (rare) universal

#### Related terms

* آزادی (āzādī, “independence”)

### References

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

### Further reading

* “آزاد”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
* Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024) “آزاد”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Urdu Dictionaries]