Azonosított

Azonosított is the past participle of the Hungarian verb azonosít, meaning to identify or to recognize. In grammar, azonosított functions as an adjective or a predicative form, describing something or someone that has undergone identification. The word agrees with number and gender, as in azonosított személy (identified person) or azonosított adatok (identified data).

The term is commonly used in everyday language and in technical or official contexts. In a sentence, one might say: A rendszer azonosította a felhasználót, or Azonosított személy részletei találhatók a nyilvántartásban. As an attributive adjective, azonosított can modify a noun directly, while in the passive voice it appears as part of a finite verb form (azonosították, azonosítottuk, etc.).

In privacy and data-management discourse, the distinction between identifying and identifiable is important. While azonosított adatok literally refer to data of a person that has already been identified, Hungarian usage also employs azonosítható to describe data that could potentially identify someone, and anonymizált or anonimizált to denote data that has been de-identified or anonymized. Thus azonosított serves as a specific descriptor of completed identification.

Etymology-wise, azonosított derives from azonosító (identifier), with the common past participle suffix -ított, linking identification to a stated identity. The term remains neutral and is widely understood in legal, administrative, and technical Magyar szókincs.