Re: Baghdad

Franz Gnaedinger wrote:
On May 1, 3:55 am, 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"?

Having a little more time now I can resume a part
of my scientific work. Let me ponder your question
using my bottom up approach. Farsi, as an IE
language, would have evolved from Magdalenian.

No. Stop making things up.
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