آباد

Arabic

Noun

آبَاد • (ʔābād) m pl

1. plural of أَبَد (ʔabad)

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Persian

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) From Middle Persian ʾp̄ʾt' (ābād, “populous, thriving, prosperous”). Per Lubotsky, from Common Iranian *āpāta-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to protect”), whence also پاییدن (pâyidan). Compare also Old Armenian ապատ (apat), -ապատ (-apat) and անապատ (anapat), Iranian borrowings.
Commonly compared to Sanskrit आवास (ā-vāsa, “abode, residence, dwelling”), which is most likely from वसति (vasati, “to dwell, live, stop, stay”).

Adjective

آباد • (âbâd)

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

Inflection

Predicative forms of آباد (âbâd)
	singular	plural
1st person (“I am, we are”)	آبادم (âbâdam)	آبادیم (âbâdim)
2nd person (“you are”)	آبادی (âbâdi)	آبادید (âbâdid) آبادین △ (âbâdin)
3rd person (“he/she/it is, they are”)	آباد است (âbâd ast) آباده △ (âbâde)	آبادند (âbâdand) آبادن △ (âbâdan)
△ Colloquial.

Noun

آباد • (âbâd)

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 • (-âbâd)

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

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

• اسدآباد (asadâbâd)
• حیدرآباد (haydarâbâd)
• خرم‌آباد (xorramâbâd)
• جلال‌آباد (jalâlâbâd)
• صابرآباد (saberâbâd)

• ظفرآباد (zafarâbâd)
• علی‌آباد (aliâbâd)
• فیروزآباد (firouzâbâd)
• نجف‌آباد (najafâbâd)
• ناکجاآباد (nâkojââbâd)
• خراب‌آباد (xarâbâbâd)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: abad

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.

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Urdu

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Persian آباد.

Adjective

آباد • (ābād) (Hindi spelling आबाद)

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

Suffix

آباد • (-ābād) (Hindi spelling -आबाद)

1. denotes a populated or inhabited area.

Derived terms

• احمد آباد (Ahmadabad)
• ایبٹ آباد (Abbottabad)
• اسلام آباد (Islamabad)
• حیدر آباد (Hyderabad)
• صادق آباد (Sadiqabad)
• غازی آباد (Ghaziabad)

• فیروز آباد (Firozabad)
• فیصل آباد (Faisalabad)
• فیض آباد (Faizabad)
• مظفر آباد (Muzaffarabad)
• نصیر آباد (Nasirabad)
• وزیر آباد (Wazirabad)