آباد

Arabic

Noun

آبَاد • (ʔābād) m pl

1. plural of أَبَد (ʔabad)

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian ʾp̄ʾt' (ābād, “populous, thriving, prosperous”). Per Lubotsky, from Proto-Iranian *āpāta-, from *paH-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *paH-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to protect”), whence also پاییدن (pâyidan).

Compare also Old Armenian ապատ (apat), -ապատ (-apat) and անապատ (anapat), which are Iranian borrowings.
Commonly compared to Sanskrit आवास (āvāsa, “abode, residence, dwelling”), which is most likely from वसति (vasati, “to dwell, live, stop, stay”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.ˈβɑːð]

 

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

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.bɑ́ːd̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.bɑ́ːd̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔɔː.bɔ́ːd̪̥]

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

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

Readings
Classical reading?	āḇāḏ
Dari reading?	ābād
Iranian reading?	âbâd
Tajik reading?	obod

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

ـآباد • (-âbâd)

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

   Synonyms: شهر (-šahr), (dialectal, North Iran) کلا (-kolâ)

Derived terms

Persian terms suffixed with آباد

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: abad
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਅਬਾਦ (abād), ਆਬਾਦ (ābād)

  Shahmukhi script: آباد (ābād)

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.

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian آباد (ābād).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɑː.bɑːd̪/
• Rhymes: -ɑːd̪

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

Category Urdu terms suffixed with آباد not found

• احمد آباد (āhmad-ābād)
• ایبٹ آباد (aibaṭ-ābād)
• اسلام آباد (islām-ābād)
• حیدر آباد (haidar-ābād)
• صادق آباد (sādiq-ābād)
• غازی آباد (ġāzī-ābād)
• فیروز آباد (fīroz-ābād)
• فیصل آباد (faisal-ābād)
• فیض آباد (faiz-ābād)
• مظفر آباد (muzaffar-ābād)
• نصیر آباد (nasīr-ābād)
• وزیر آباد (vazīr-ābād)

Ushojo

Verb

آباد (ābādī)

1. settled
2. winded