آبادی

Persian

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آبادی

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Etymology

From آباد (âbâd).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.βɑː.ˈðiː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.bɑː.d̪íː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.bɑː.d̪íː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.bɑː.d̪íː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔɔː.bɔː.d̪í]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɒː.bɒː.d̪íː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɔ.bɔ.d̪í]

Readings
Classical reading?	āḇāḏī
Dari reading?	ābādī
Iranian reading?	âbâdi
Tajik reading?	obodi

Noun

Dari	آبادی
Iranian Persian
Tajik	ободӣ

آبادی • (âbâdi)

1. village
2. prosperity

Descendants

• → Bengali: আবাদী (abadi)
• → Hindi: आबादी (ābādī)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian آبادی (ābādi). Equivalent to آباد (ābād) +‎ ـی (-ī).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɑː.bɑː.d̪iː/
• Rhymes: -iː
• Hyphenation: آ‧با‧دی

Noun

آبادی • (ābādī) f (Hindi spelling आबादी)

1. population
2. settlement

   Synonym: بستی (bastī)

Declension

Declension of آبادی
	singular	plural
direct	آبادی (ābādī)	آبادِیاں (ābādiyā̃)
oblique	آبادی (ābādī)	آبادِیوں (ābādiyō̃)
vocative	آبادی (ābādī)	آبادِیو (ābādiyō)

Further reading

• “آبادی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “آبادی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “آبادی”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.