আজাদ

আজাদ

Bengali

Alternative forms

• আযাদ (aĵad) – less common

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian آزاد‎ (āzād), which is 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

• IPA^(key): /a.dʒad/, /a.zad/

Adjective

আজ়াদ • (transliteration needed)

1. free, independent

   Synonyms: স্বাধীন (swadhīn), মুক্ত (muktô)

   পেরেশানি হৈতে দেল হইলআজাদ

   pereshani hôite del hôilo azad

   Heart became free of distress

   - Syed Hamza

2. a male given name from Persian, Azad
3. a surname from Persian, Azad

Related terms

• আজ়াদী
• আজ়াদ দিল

References

• Accessible Dictionary, “আজাদ” Bengali-English, Government of Bangladesh
• Accessible Dictionary, “আজাদ” Bengali-Bengali, Government of Bangladesh