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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
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Arabic
بَغْدَاد
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2
Persian
بغداد
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3
Middle Persian
𐭡𐭢𐭣𐭲
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Words derived from “بغداد”
Bagdad
bagdadi
Bagdadon
bagdadiak
Every word from Middle Persian 𐭡𐭢𐭣𐭲 →
Every word from Persian بغداد →
Every word from Arabic بَغْدَاد →