آبادی

Persian

Etymology

From آباد (âbâd).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔaː.baː.ˈdiː/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.bɑː.d̪íː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.bɑː.d̪íː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔɔː.bɔː.d̪í]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɒː.bɒː.d̪íː]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɔ.bɔ.d̪í]

Readings
Classical reading^?	ābādī
Dari reading^?	ābādī
Iranian reading^?	âbâdi
Tajik reading^?	obodi

Noun


Iranian Persian	آبادی
Dari	آبادی
Tajik	ободӣ

آبادی • (âbâdi)

Descendants

→ Bengali: আবাদী (abadi)
→ Hindi: आबादी (ābādī)
→ Ottoman Turkish: آبادی (abadi)
- Turkish: abadi

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (ābādi). Equivalent to آباد (ābād) +‎ ـی (-ī).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɑː.bɑː.d̪iː/
Rhymes: -iː
Hyphenation: آ‧با‧دی

Noun

آبادی • (ābādī) f (Hindi spelling आबादी)

population
settlement
Synonym: بستی (bastī)

Declension

Declension of **آبادی**
	singular	plural
direct	آبادی (ābādī)	آبادِیاں (ābādiyā̃)
oblique	آبادی (ābādī)	آبادِیوں (ābādiyō̃)
vocative	آبادی (ābādī)	آبادِیو (ābādiyō)

Further reading

“آبادی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
“آبادی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “آبادی”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.