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āzād[for āzāda= Zend āzāta, i.e. ā+zāta= S. jāta], part. adj. Free, unfettered, unrestrained, uncontrolled; liberated, discharged, set free, ransomed, emancipated; free born; free from care, at ease, lighthearted;—s.m. A freeman; freedman; a faqīror Mohammadan devotee who shaves his beard and eye-lashes and vows chastity, but considers himself exempt from all the ceremonial observances of religion; a free-thinker:—āzād karnāor kar-denā, v.t. To set free or at liberty; to free, deliver, release, liberate; to manumit, emancipate; to absolve; to dismiss; to extricate:—āzād-kāsoṅṭā, s.m. The āzād'sor faqīr'sstaff; (Met.) An impudent or shameless person:—āzād honā, v.n. To be free, unfettered, independent, etc.; to be set at liberty, to gain or obtain (one's) freedom, etc.; to be discharged or released (from); to escape; to break prison; to throw off the yoke; to be free from care; to be unconcerned or indifferent; to hold cheap or in contempt.
Origin: Persian