abad

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian آباد (âbâd).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɑˈbɑd]

• Audio (Baku):

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• Hyphenation: a‧bad

Adjective

abad (comparative daha abad, superlative ən abad)

1. well-furnished, well-equipped, well-organized, comfortable
2. nice-looking, appealing (of cities, parks, public spaces etc.)
3. inhabited, populated

Derived terms

• abadlıq, abadanlıq (“well-equippedness, appealing appearance”)
• abadlaşmaq, abadanlaşmaq (“to become well-equipped”)
  • abadlaşdırmaq, abadanlaşdırmaq (“to make specious”)

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Breton

Etymology

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin abbās, from Ancient Greek ἀββᾶς (abbâs), from Aramaic אַבָּא (’abbā, “father”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑː.bat/

Noun

abad m (plural ebed or abaded)

1. abbot

Derived terms

• abadez

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Hiligaynon

Etymology

From Spanish abad.

Noun

abád

1. abbot

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay abad (“century”), from Classical Malay ابد (abad, “century”), from Arabic أَبَد (ʔabad, “eternity, eternal duration”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.bat̚/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -bat, -at, -t
• Hyphenation: a‧bad

Noun

abad (plural abad-abad)

1. (literally) century, a period of 100 consecutive years.

   batu nisan itu kira-kira berumur satu abad ― that tombstone is approximately a century years old

2. age, an uncertain or undetermined of time
3. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) eternal era

Derived terms

• berabad-abad
• seabad

 

• abad angkasa
• abad dua puluh
• abad jet
• abad keemasan
• abad komputer
• abad mesin
• abad modern
• Abad Pertengahan
• abad purba
• abad yang lalu

 

Further reading

• “abad” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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Javanese

Noun

abad

1. century

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Malay

Alternative forms

• ابد

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَبَد (ʔabad).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [abat]
• Rhymes: -abat, -bat, -at

Noun

abad (Jawi spelling ابد, plural abad-abad, informal 1st possessive abadku, 2nd possessive abadmu, 3rd possessive abadnya)

1. century (100 years)

   Synonym: kurun / قرون

Derived terms

• berabad-abad

Anagrams

• adab, bada, daba

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Old English

Etymology

From ābīdan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑːˌbɑːd/

Verb

ābād

1. past singular of ābīdan

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Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish abad, abbad, from Latin abbās, abbātem, from Ancient Greek ἀββᾶς (abbâs), from Aramaic אבא (’abbā, “father”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈbad/ [aˈβ̞að̞]

• Audio (Spain):

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• Rhymes: -ad

Noun

abad m (plural abades)

1. abbot

Related terms

• abacial
• abadengo
• abadesa
• abadía
• abadiato

 

Descendants

• → Basque: abade
• → Hiligaynon: abad
• → Tagalog: abad

Further reading

• “abad”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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Tagalog

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a‧bad
• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈbad/, [ʔɐˈbad̪̚]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish abad (“abbot”).

Noun

abád

1. (Christianity) abbot

Etymology 2

From apheresis of sabad.

Noun

abád

1. thwarting; foiling; failure

   Synonyms: pagbigo, pagkabigo, pagsugpo, pagkasugpo

Adjective

abád

1. thwarted; foiled; unsuccessful

   Synonym: bigo

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Uzbek

Noun

abad (plural abadlar)

1. eternity

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Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh abat, from Proto-Brythonic *abad, from Ecclesiastical Latin abbās, from Ancient Greek ἀββᾶς (abbâs), from Aramaic אַבָּא (’abbā, “father”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈabad/
• IPA^(key): /ˈaːbad/, /ˈabad/
• Rhymes: -abad

Noun

abad m (plural abadau)

1. abbot

Derived terms

• abadaeth (“abbotship”)
• abades (“abbes”)
• abatir (“abbey land”)
• abaty (“abbey”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
abad	unchanged	unchanged	habad
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “abad”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies