Re: Baghdad

Marc <marc.adler@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
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"?

Common Slavonic *bogU "god" is a loan from the Iranian tribes who at
one point bordered the Slavs.
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