Bagdad.
Baghdad (the capital city of Iraq)
Meaning & usage
Baghdad (the capital city of Iraq)
Baghdad (a governorate of Iraq)
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g-der. Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰagás Proto-Iranian *bagáh Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁tós Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰHtás Proto-Iranian *daHtáh Proto-Iranian *BágadaHtah Old Persian *Bagadātah Middle Persian 𐭡𐭢𐭣𐭲 (bgdt /bag-dād/) Classical Persian بَغْدَاد (baġdād)bor. Arabic بَغْدَاد (baḡdād)bor. Polish Bagdad Borrowed from Arabic بَغْدَاد (baḡdād), borrowed from Classical Persian بَغْدَاد (baġdād), from Middle Persian 𐭡𐭢𐭣𐭲 (bgdt /bag-dād/), from Old Persian *Bagadātah, from Proto-Iranian *BágadaHtah, from *bagáh + *daHtáh.
Bagdad (a village in the Gmina of Wyrzysk, Piła County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland)
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