ـآباد

Persian

Etymology

From آباد (âbâd, populous, inhabited; city). See there for more details.

Pronunciation

 

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

Suffix

Dari ـآباد
Iranian Persian
Tajik -обод

ـآباد • (-âbâd)

  1. forms names of towns and populated or inhabited areas
    Synonyms: ـشهر (-šahr), (dialectal, North Iran) ـکلا (-kolâ)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Hindustani:
  • English: -abad (sometimes via Urdu)