আজাদ

Bengali

Alternative forms

  • আযাদ (ajad) less common

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian آزاد (āzād), 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

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /adʒad̪/, [adʒad̪]
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /adʑad̪/, [adʑad̪]

Adjective

আজাদ (ajad) (comparative আরও আজাদ, superlative সবচেয়ে আজাদ)

  1. free, independent
    Synonyms: স্বাধীন (śadhin), মুক্ত (mukto)
    পেরেশানি হৈতে দেল হইল আজাদ
    pereshani hôite del hôilo ajad
    Heart became free of distress
    - Syed Hamza

Proper noun

আজাদ (ajad)

  1. a male given name from Persian, equivalent to English Azad
  2. a surname from Persian, equivalent to English Azad

References

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