Re: Baghdad

On May 1, 12:58 am, Yusuf B Gursey <y...@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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"?

Thanks,
Marc

acc. to a previous post of mine steingass gives teh etymology as zend
ba*gh*o: da:d "God gave"

But Baghdad was founded many centuries after Avestan had gone out of
use, and by Muslims, not Parsees! Isn't there a (Classical) Persian
etymology?.
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