Arabic

Noun

آبَاد • ‎(ʾābād) m pl

1. plural of أَبَد ‎(ʾabad)

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian ʾp̄ʾt' ‎(ābād, “populous, thriving, prosperous”). Per Lubotsky, from Common Iranian *āpāta-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- ‎(“to protect”), whence also Persian پاییدن ‎(pāyīdan). Compare also Old Armenian ապատ ‎(apat) and անապատ ‎(anapat).

Commonly compared to Sanskrit आवास ‎(ā-vāsa, “abode, residence, dwelling”), which is most likely from Sanskrit root वसति ‎(vasati, “to dwell, live, stop, stay”).

Adjective

آباد • ‎(ābād)

1. inhabitable
2. inhabited
3. populous
4. cultivated
5. good, elegant, fair, beautiful, convenient

Inflection

Noun

آباد • ‎(ābād)

1. a city, building, habitation
2. an open plain
3. the Kaʻba or square temple at Mecca
4. salutation, congratulation
5. praise, eulogium, well done! bravo!
6. name of the first prophet sent to Persia;

Suffix

آباد • ‎(-ābād)

1. Forms names of towns and populated or inhabited areas.

Synonyms

• شهر ‎(-šahr)
• کلا ‎(-kolâ) (dialectal, north Iran)

Derived terms

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph. A Comprehensive Persian-English dictionary, including the Arabic words and phrases to be met with in Persian literature. London: Routledge & K. Paul, 1892.

Urdu

Etymology

From Persian آباد.

Adjective

آباد • ‎(ābād) — Hindi spelling: आबाद ‎(ābād)

1. inhabitable
2. inhabited
3. populous
4. cultivated

Suffix

آباد • ‎(-ābād) ‎(Hindi spelling -आबाद)

1. denotes a populated or inhabited area.

Derived terms