بغداد

See also: تعداد

Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بَغْدَاد (bağdād).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baɣ.daːd/

Proper noun

بَغْدَاد • (baḡdād) f

1. Baghdad (the capital city of Iraq)

   Synonyms: مُزَوَّرَة (muzawwara), (obsolete) مَدِينَة السَّلَام (madīnat as-salām)

   Alternative forms: (obsolete) بَغْذَاذ (baḡḏāḏ), (obsolete) بَغْدَان (baḡdān), (obsolete) بَغْدِين (baḡdīn), (obsolete) مَغْدَان (maḡdān)

2. Baghdad (a governorate of Iraq)

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”)

 

References

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

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Classical Persian بغداد (Bağdād), q.v.

Proper noun

بغداد • (Bağdad)

1. Baghdad (the capital city of Iraq)

Derived terms

• بغداد چبانی (Bağdad çıbanı, “Baghdad boil”)

Descendants

• Turkish: Bağdat

References

• Mallouf, Nassif (1856) “Babylone ou Baghdad”, in Dictionnaire français-turc, 2nd edition, Paris: Maisonneuve, page 49
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بغداد”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 372
• Sezen, Tahir (2017) “Bağdad”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları‎^[2], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 78

Persian

Etymology

Most scholars accept a derivation from Middle Persian 𐭡𐭢𐭣𐭲 (bgdt /⁠bag-dād⁠/, “given by god”), from Old Persian *Bagadātah; compare Avestan 𐬠𐬀𐬕𐬋-𐬛𐬁𐬙𐬀 (baġō-dāta), Proto-Slavic *Bogъdanъ and Polish Bogdan. 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

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [baɣ.ˈdɑːð]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bäɣ.d̪ɑ́ːd̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bäɣ.d̪ɑ́ːd̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [bäɣ.d̪ɑ́ːd̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [bäɣ.d̪ɔ́ːd̪̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [bæɢ.d̪ɒ́ːd̪̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [bäʁ.d̪ɔ́d̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	bağdāḏ
Dari reading?	bağdād
Iranian reading?	bağdâd
Tajik reading?	baġdod

Dari	بغداد
Iranian Persian
Tajik	Бағдод

Proper noun

بغداد • (bağdâd)

1. Baghdad (the capital city of Iraq)

   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 the country.

2. Baghdad (a governorate of Iraq)