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Where does “بغداد” come from?

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

Ancestry of “بغداد”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicبَغْدَاد—
2Persianبغداد—
3Middle Persian𐭡𐭢𐭣𐭲—
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