Etymology

Azad Jammu and Kashmir

Today it means: An autonomous region administered by Pakistan, one of the two entities which form the Pakistani-Administered Kashmir, as well as part of the wider Kashmir, region. Full definition →

Urdu آزاد جموں و کشمیر
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  1. Urdu · calque ofآزاد جموں و کشمیر
  2. English todayAzad Jammu and Kashmir

Calque of Urdu آزاد جموں و کشمیر (āzād jammū̃ o kaśmīr, literally “free Jammu and Kashmir”), from آزاد (āzād, “free, independent”) + جموں (jammū̃) + و (o, “and”) + کشمیر (kaśmīr, “Kashmir”), from Persian.

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