بغداد

See also: تعداد

Arabic

Etymology

From Persian بغداد (bağdâd).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baɣ.daːd/

Proper noun

بَغْدَاد • (baḡdād) f

1. Baghdad (the capital city of Iraq).
2. Baghdad (a governorate of Iraq).

Declension

Declension of noun بَغْدَاد (baḡdād)

Singular	basic singular diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	بَغْدَاد baḡdād	—
Nominative	—	بَغْدَادُ baḡdādu	—
Accusative	—	بَغْدَادَ baḡdāda	—
Genitive	—	بَغْدَادَ baḡdāda	—

Synonyms

• مُزَوَّرَة (muzawwara)

Derived terms

• بَغْدَادِيّ (baḡdādiyy, “Baghdadi”)

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “بغداد”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Classical Persian بغداد (Bağdād), q.v.

Proper noun

بغداد • (Bağdad)

1. Baghdad (the capital city of Iraq)

Derived terms

• بغداد چبانی (Bağdad çıbanı, “Baghdad boil”)

Descendants

• Turkish: Bağdat

References

• Mallouf, Nassif (1856) “Babylone ou Baghdad”, in Dictionnaire français-turc, 2nd edition, Paris: Maisonneuve, page 49
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بغداد”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 372
• Sezen, Tahir (2017) “Bağdad”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names]‎^[2], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 78

Persian

Etymology

Most scholars accept a derivation from Middle Persian 𐭡𐭢𐭣𐭲 (bgdt /⁠bag-dād⁠/, “given by god”), from Old Persian *Bagadātah; compare Avestan 𐬠𐬀𐬕𐬋-𐬛𐬁𐬙𐬀 (baġō-dāta), Proto-Slavic *Bogъdanъ and Polish Bogdan. Other origins have been suggested, and if the place name can be identified with Akkadian 𒄷𒁕𒁺 (ḫu-da-du; bag-da-du /⁠Ḫudadu; Bagdadu⁠/, literally “location characterized with pits, cavities, crevices, deep trenches, or irrigation canals”), it may be of much older provenance than Old Persian.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [baɣ.ˈdɑːð]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bäɣ.d̪ɑ́ːd̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bäɣ.d̪ɑ́ːd̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [bäɣ.d̪ɑ́ːd̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [bäɣ.d̪ɔ́ːd̪̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [bæɢ.d̪ɒ́ːd̪̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [bäʁ.d̪ɔ́d̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	bağdāḏ
Dari reading?	bağdād
Iranian reading?	bağdâd
Tajik reading?	baġdod

Dari	بغداد
Iranian Persian
Tajik	Бағдод

Proper noun

بغداد • (bağdâd)

1. Baghdad (the capital city of Iraq)

   بغداد بزرگ‌ترین شهر عراق و پایتخت این کشور است.

   bağdâd bozorg-tarin šahr-e 'erâq va pâytaxt-e in kešvar ast.

   Baghdad is Iraq's largest city and the capital of the country.

   .

2. Baghdad (a governorate of Iraq).