- bath

The adjective , better participle ābād ( Persian آباد) is used as a suffix (-ābād) for naming cities and means (likeآبادان, ābādān ; Abadan is also the name of an Iranian city) inhabited , built on , cultivated or well-ordered . It is a common component of place names of Iranian origin in Central and South Asia . Due to local sound shifts, it also occurs as -abat , -abot or -obot .

Iran

• Khorramabad
• Dowlatabad
• Firuzabad
• Tehran Mehrabad Airport
• Gonabad
• Chalilabad
• Mahabad
• Najafābād
• Nazarabad
• Soltanabad

Armenia

• Vagharschabad (Wagharschapat)

Afghanistan

• Nawabad
• Jalalabad
• Chanabad
• Asadabad
• Aliabad
• Faizabad
• Zangabad

India

• Hyderabad
• Ahmedabad
• Muradabad
• Allahabad
• Ghaziabad
• Faridabad
• Secunderabad
• Aurangabad
• Murshidabad

Azerbaijan

• Nazarabad
• Chalilabad
• Cəlilabad

Pakistan

• Abbottabad
• Faisalabad
• Hyderabad
• Islamabad
• Karimabad
• Muzaffarabad

Turkmenistan

• Ashgabat ("City of Love")
• Balkanabat
• Turkmenabat

Kyrgyzstan

• Jalalabat

Uzbekistan

• Bekobod
• Yangiobod
• Zafarobod
• Yangirobod
• Beshrabot
• Dehqonobod
• Nurobod (Uzbekistan)
• Sherobod
• Muzrabot
• Xalqobot (City of the People)
• Mirobod
• Yunusobod
• Haqqulobod

Tajikistan

• Kolkhozobod
• Moominobod
• Safari floor

Remarks

1. ^ Heinrich FJ Junker / Bozorg Alavi: Persisch-Deutsch, Harrassowitz Verlag, Wiesbaden 2002, 9th unaltered edition, pp. 1–2 (1st edition: Leipzig 1965); The corresponding nouns are ābādī (آبادى) and ābādānī (آبادانى).