Chaharbagh

See also: chaharbagh

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian چهارباغ (čahârbâġ), from چهار (čahâr, “four”) +‎ باغ (bâġ, “garden”), literally “four gardens”.

Proper noun

Chaharbagh

  1. Ellipsis of Chaharbagh Avenue; the Chaharbagh, Isfahan, so named because Shah Abbas the Great had bought four vineyards in the city to secure the right-of-way.[1]
  2. A toponym:
    1. A city in Alborz Province, Iran.
    2. A district of Alborz Province, Iran.

Translations

References

  1. ^ “ČAHĀRBĀḠ-E EṢFAHĀN”, in Encyclopædia Iranica, 1990
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