Baghdad

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Baghdad 1
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Type Settlement
Usage English, Italian, Malay, Uyghur
Scripts باغداد‎(Uyghur Arabic)
Pronounced Pron. /bæɡ.ˈdæd/(English) /ˈbæɡ.dæd/(English) /bag.ˈdad/(Italian)  [key·simplify]

Meaning & History

From Arabic بغداد (baḡdād), itself from Persian بغداد‎ (baǧdâd), probably from Middle Persian bgdt, meaning "given by god", from Old Persian *Bagadātaʰ. This is the name of the capital city of Iraq.
Added 9/2/2021 by VerdeIperbolico

Baghdad 2
not set
Type Settlement
Usage Arabic, English, Armenian, Hindi, Italian, Malay, Pashto, Persian, Urdu, Uyghur
Scripts بغداد(Arabic, Pashto, Persian, Urdu) Բաղդադ(Armenian) बग़दाद(Hindi) باغداد (Uyghur Arabic)
Pronounced Pron. /baɣ.ˈdaːd/(Arabic) /bæɡ.ˈdæd/(English) /ˈbæɡ.dæd/(English) /bɑʁ.ˈdɑd/(Eastern Armenian) /pʰɑχ.ˈtʰɑtʰ/(Western Armenian) /bəɣ.ˈd̪ɑːd̪/(Hindi) /bag.ˈdad/(Italian) /bæɢ.ˈdɒːd/(Persian)  [key·simplify]

Meaning & History

From Persian بغداد (Baghdad) most likely derived from Middle Persian 𐭡𐭢𐭣𐭲‎ (bgdt) meaning "given by god", itself from Old Persian 𐏎 (baga) meaning "god" and 𐎭𐎠𐎫 (dātaʰ) meaning "given, created". This is the name of the capital city of Iraq.
Added 5/18/2023 by anonymous