بغداد

See also: تعداد

Arabic

Etymology

From Persian بغداد (baǧdâd).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baɣ.daːd/

Proper noun

بَغْدَاد • (baḡdād) f

1. Baghdad

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	—

Derived terms

• بَغْدَادِيّ (baḡdādiyy, “Baghdadi”)

Synonyms

• مُزَوَّرَة (muzawwara)

References

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

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Persian

Etymology

Most scholars accept a derivation from Middle Persian [script needed] (bag-dād, “given by god”), from Old Persian 𐏎𐎭𐎠𐎫 (bagadāta); compare Avestan 𐬀𐬙𐬁𐬛𐬋𐬕𐬀𐬠 (baġō-dāta). 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

Dari	بغداد
Iranian Persian
Tajik	Бағдод

Proper noun

بغداد • (bağdâd)

1. Baghdad

   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 this country.