Re: Baghdad

From: "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:30:24 -0700 (PDT)

On Apr 30, 9:55 pm, Marc <marc.ad...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Bernard Lewis mentions in his book, "The Middle East," that "Baghdad"
is a Farsi phrase meaning "god gave."

I can see the "dad" as "gave," but "bagh" as "god"? Is that related to
Russian "bog"?

Why not?
.

References:
- Baghdad
  - From: Marc

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