Middle Persian

Adjective

ʾp̄ʾt' • ‎(ābād)

1. populous
2. thriving, affluent

Derived terms

• ʾnʾp̄ʾt' ‎(anābād, “unpopulated”)
• ʾp̄ʾt'yh ‎(ābādīh, “affluence, population”)

Descendants

• Persian: آباد ‎(âbâd)
  • Hindustani

    Hindi: आबाद ‎(ābād)

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 1