Bengali

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian بغداد (bağdād), probably from Middle Persian 𐭡𐭢𐭣𐭲 (bgdt /⁠bagdād⁠/), from Old Persian *Bagadātah, ultimately from Proto-Iranian *BágadaHtah (literally god-given); doublet of ভগদত্ত (bhogodotto).

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Proper noun

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বগদাদ (bogodad) (objective বগদাদ (bogodad) or বগদাদকে (bogdadoke), genitive বগদাদের (bogdader), locative বগদাদে (bogdade) or বগদাদেতে (bogdadete))

  1. Baghdad (the capital city of Iraq)

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