آبادان

Chagatai

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian آبَادَان (ābādān).

Adjective

آبادان • (ʾābādān) (comparative آبادان‌راق (ʾābādānraq))

1. prosperous, flourishing

   Synonyms: آباد (ʾābād), معمور (mʿmwr)

   آبادان بولماق ― ʾābādān bwlmāq ― to become prosperous, to flourish, to prosper

   آبادان قیلماق ― ʾābādān qylmāq ― to make flourish, prosper

Derived terms

• آبادان‌لیق (ʾābādān-lyq, “prosperity”)

Descendants

• Uyghur: ئابادان (abadan)
• Uzbek: obodon
• → Crimean Tatar: abadan

Further reading

• Bahawudun, Muhemmettursun; Gheyurani, Ghenizat; Qadir, Isma'il; Ehet, Ablimit (2002), چاغاتاي تىلىنىڭ ئىزاھلىق لۇغىتى [Explanatory Dictionary of the Chagatai Language]‎^[1] (in Uyghur), Shinjang Xelq Neshriyati, →ISBN, page 1
• Ünlü, Suat (2013), Çağatay Türkçesi Sözlüğü [Dictionary of Chagatai Turkic] (in Turkish), Konya: Eğitim Yayınevi, →ISBN, pages 1-2
• Atasoy, Faysal Okan (2017), Kırım Yurtına ve Ol Taraflarga Dair Bolgan Yarlıglar ve Hatlar (1520-1742 Kırım Tatarcasıyla Yarlıklar ve Mektuplar) [Decrees and Letters written in 1520-1742 Crimean Tatar] (in Turkish), volume II, Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, →ISBN, page 11

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian آبَادَان (ābādān, “inhabited”)

Adjective

آبادان • (âbâdân)

1. inhabited, flourishing.
2. strong, powerful.

Descendants

• → Crimean Tatar: abadan

Persian

Alternative forms

• آوادان (āwādān / âvâdân), آبدان (ābadān / âbadân), ابدان (abadān / abadân)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾp̄ʾtʾn /⁠ābādān⁠/, “thriving”). By surface analysis, آباد (ābād / âbâd, “prosperous”) +‎ ـان (-ān / -ân).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔaː.baː.ˈdaːn/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.bɑː.d̪ɑ́ːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.bɑː.d̪ɑ́ːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.bɑː.d̪ɑ́ːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔɔː.bɔː.d̪ɔ́ːn]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɒː.bɒː.d̪ɒ́ːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɔ.bɔ.d̪ɔ́n]

• Rhymes: -aːn

Readings
Classical reading?	ābādān
Dari reading?	ābādān
Iranian reading?	âbâdân
Tajik reading?	obodon

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Noun

آبادان • (ābādān / âbâdân) (Tajik spelling ободон)

1. cultivated or inhabited place

Adjective

آبادان • (ābādān / âbâdân) (Tajik spelling ободон)

1. cultivated, inhabited

Derived terms

• آبادانی (ābādānī / âbâdâni)

Descendants

• → Chagatai: آبادان (ʾābādān /⁠ʾābādān⁠/)
  • Uyghur: ئابادان (abadan)
  • Uzbek: obodon
  • → Crimean Tatar: abadan
• → Kazakh: абадан (abadan)
• → Ottoman Turkish: آبادان (âbâdân)
  • → Crimean Tatar: abadan
• → Turkmen: abadan, owadan

Proper noun

آبادان • (ābādān / âbâdân) (Tajik spelling Ободон)

1. Abadan (a city in Iran)