آبادان

Chagatai

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian آبَادَان (ābādān).

Adjective

آبادان • (ʾābādān /ābādān/) (comparative آبادان‌راق (ābādānraq))

  1. prosperous, flourishing
    Synonyms: آباد (ʾābād /⁠ābād⁠/), معمور (mʿmwr /⁠mäʿmūr⁠/)
    آبادان بولماقʾābādān bwlmāq /ābādān bolmaq/ ― to become prosperous, to flourish, to prosper
    آبادان قیلماقʾābādān qylmāq /ābādān qılmaq/ ― to make flourish, prosper

Derived terms

  • آبادان‌لیق (ʾābādān-lyq /⁠ābādānlıq⁠/, prosperity)

Descendants

  • Uyghur: ئابادان (abadan)
  • Uzbek: obodon
  • Crimean Tatar: abadan

Further reading

  • Bahawudun, Muhemmettursun; Gheyurani, Ghenizat; Qadir, Isma'il; Ehet, Ablimit (2002), چاغاتاي تىلىنىڭ ئىزاھلىق لۇغىتى [Explanatory Dictionary of the Chagatai Language]‎[1] (in Uyghur), Shinjang Xelq Neshriyati, →ISBN, page 1
  • Ünlü, Suat (2013), Çağatay Türkçesi Sözlüğü [Dictionary of Chagatai Turkic] (in Turkish), Konya: Eğitim Yayınevi, →ISBN, pages 1-2
  • Atasoy, Faysal Okan (2017), Kırım Yurtına ve Ol Taraflarga Dair Bolgan Yarlıglar ve Hatlar (1520-1742 Kırım Tatarcasıyla Yarlıklar ve Mektuplar) [Decrees and Letters written in 1520-1742 Crimean Tatar] (in Turkish), volume II, Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, →ISBN, page 11

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian آبَادَان (ābādān, inhabited)

Adjective

آبادان • (âbâdân)

  1. inhabited, flourishing.
  2. strong, powerful.

Descendants

Persian

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾp̄ʾtʾn /⁠ābādān⁠/, thriving).[1] By surface analysis, آباد (ābād / âbâd, prosperous) +‎ ـان (-ān / -ân).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔɑː.bɑː.d̪ɑ́ːn]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ʔɑː.bɑː.d̪ɑ́ːn]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ʔɔː.bɔː.d̪ɔ́ːn]

Readings
Classical reading? ābādān
Dari reading? ābādān
Iranian reading? âbâdân
Tajik reading? obodon
  • Audio (Iran):(file)

Noun

آبادان • (ābādān / âbâdân) (Tajik spelling ободон)

  1. cultivated or inhabited place

Adjective

آبادان • (ābādān / âbâdân) (Tajik spelling ободон)

  1. cultivated, inhabited

Derived terms

Descendants

Proper noun

آبادان • (ābādān / âbâdân) (Tajik spelling Ободон)

  1. Abadan (a city in Iran)

References

  1. ^ MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “ābādān”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 1