آبادی
Persian
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾp̄ʾtyh /ābādīh/, “prosperity”).[1] By surface analysis, آباد (ābād / âbâd, “prosperous”) + ـی (-ī / -i).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ʔaː.baː.ˈdiː/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔɑː.bɑː.d̪íː]
- (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
آبادی • (ābādī / âbâdi) (Tajik spelling ободӣ)
Descendants
References
- ^ MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “ābād”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 1
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian آبادی (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
| 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.