Where does “بَغْدَاد” come from?

بَغْدَاد (Arabic) comes from Persian بغداد, from Middle Persian 𐭡𐭢𐭣𐭲.

Ancestry of “بَغْدَاد”, step by step

بَغْدَاد traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian بغداد

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianبغداد—
2Middle Persian𐭡𐭢𐭣𐭲—

via Classical Persian بغداد

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Persianبغداد—

Words derived from “بَغْدَاد”

Every word from Middle Persian 𐭡𐭢𐭣𐭲 →Every word from Persian بغداد →