English
azadi
Azadi comes from Classical Persian آزادی ‘freedom’, from Persian ـی ‘forms abstract nouns, from adjectives’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to produce’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵenh₁-‘to produce’root as named
- Proto-Iranianprehistoric (reconstructed)*āzātahreconstructed
- Old Persianc. 600–300 BCE*āzātahreconstructed
- Middle Persianc. 300 BCE–900 CEʾcʾt'‘noble’
- Persianc. 900–presentآزادâzâd‘free’
- Middle Persianc. 300 BCE–900 CE𐭩𐭧yḥ /-īh/
- Persianc. 900–presentـی-i‘forms abstract nouns, from adjectives’
- Classical Persianc. 900–presentآزادیāzādī‘freedom’
- Englishearliest quotation 2014azadi
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵenh₁-‘to produce’root as named
- Proto-Iranianprehistoric (reconstructed)*āzātahreconstructed
- Old Persianc. 600–300 BCE*āzātahreconstructed
- Middle Persianc. 300 BCE–900 CEʾcʾt'‘noble’
- Persianc. 900–presentآزادâzâd‘free’
- Middle Persianc. 300 BCE–900 CE𐭩𐭧yḥ /-īh/
- Persianc. 900–presentـی-i‘forms abstract nouns, from adjectives’
- Classical Persianc. 900–presentآزادیāzādī‘freedom’
- Englishearliest quotation 2014azadi
Earliest quotation: 2014, Urvashi Butalia, Speaking Peace: Women’s Voices from Kashmir: “As we were leaving the area we were surrounded…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to produce’
general, kind, king, nature, german, nation, engine, generation, native, gender, pregnant, genuine, gene, genius, oxygen, ken, genre, gentle, hydrogen, indigenous, genocide, naive, genus, kin, noel, innate, genital, natal, ingenious, nee, germ, nativity, nascent, naïve, gentile, janata, gens, puny, nada, glycogen, 115 more
through Persian ـی ‘forms abstract nouns, from adjectives’
Today it means
noun Freedom, independence.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- / azadi