Where does “Baghdad” come from?
Baghdad derives from Arabic بَغْدَاد, from Persian بغداد, from Middle Persian bag-dād meaning "garden-giver," from Old Persian 𐏎𐎭𐎠𐎫 combining 𐏎 "garden" with a root meaning "to give."
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