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Azad

Frei, Freiheit

Geschlecht: Junge
Herkunft: Persisch / Kurdisch
Aussprache: ah-ZAHD

Die Geschichte des Namens

Azad — the word has left its Sasanian-era social sense (the noble-born) and become the everyday word for free. As a name it is a wish: that the child will stand in their own right.

Etymologie

Wurzel: āzād · Middle Persian

Azad descends from Middle Persian āzād — at first a social term meaning free, noble (the Sasanian-era āzādān were the lower nobility). In modern Iranian languages including Kurdish it has become the everyday word for free. Closely paired with Azadî (freedom).

Namensfamilie

Azadî · derived — freedom — feminine noun

Sprachliche Parallelen

Azad آزاد Persiska — Samma rot
Liber Latin — 'Fri'
Freeman Engelska — 'Fri man'

Freiheit
politisch
modern

Aktualisiert: 2026-05-02