abad

See also: Abad and -abad

Azerbaijani

Other scripts

Cyrillic		абад
Abjad		آباد

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian آباد (âbâd).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɑˈbɑd]

• Audio (Baku):

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• Hyphenation: a‧bad

Adjective

abad (comparative daha abad, superlative ən abad)

1. well-furnished, well-equipped, well-organized, comfortable
2. nice-looking, appealing (of cities, parks, public spaces etc.)
3. inhabited, populated

Derived terms

• abadlıq, abadanlıq (“well-equippedness, appealing appearance”)
• abadlaşmaq, abadanlaşmaq (“to become well-equipped”)
  • abadlaşdırmaq, abadanlaşdırmaq (“to make specious”)

Breton

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Brythonic *abad, from Ecclesiastical Latin abbās, from Ancient Greek ἀββᾶς (abbâs), from Aramaic אַבָּא (’abbā, “father”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑː.bat/

Noun

abad m (plural ebed or abaded)

1. abbot

Derived terms

• abadez

 

Fala

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Spanish abad.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈbad/
• Rhymes: -ad
• Syllabification: a‧bad

Noun

abad m (plural abadis, feminine abadesa or abadesha, feminine plural abadesas or abadeshas)

1. abbot

References

• Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎^[3], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

Hiligaynon

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish abad.

Noun

abád

1. abbot

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَبَد (ʔabad, “eternity, eternal duration”) via Malay abad

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.bat̚/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -bat̚, -at̚, -t̚
• Hyphenation: a‧bad

Noun

abad (plural abad-abad)

1. (literally) century, a period of 100 consecutive years.

   batu nisan itu diperkirakan berumur satu abad ― that tombstone is approximately a century years old

2. age, an uncertain or undetermined of time
3. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) eternal era (abadiah)

   abad alabid

Derived terms

• berabad-abad
• seabad

 

• abad angkasa
• abad dua puluh
• abad jet
• abad keemasan
• abad komputer
• abad mesin
• abad modern
• Abad Pertengahan
• abad purba
• abad yang lalu

 

Further reading

• “abad” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Javanese

Romanization

abad

1. Romanization of ꦲꦧꦢ꧀

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَبَد (ʔabad).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [a.bat]
• Rhymes: -bat, -at
• Hyphenation: a‧bad

Noun

abad (Jawi spelling ابد, plural abad-abad, informal 1st possessive abadku, 2nd possessive abadmu, 3rd possessive abadnya)

1. A century (period of 100 years).

   Synonym: kurun

   dua abad ― two centuries

   abad ke-21 ― the 21st century

Affixations

• berabad-abad

 

Compounds

• abad al-abid
• abad emas
• abad pertengahan
• abad tengah

 

Further reading

• abad on the Malay Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ms
• “abad” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Anagrams

• adab, bada, daba

Maranao

Noun

abad

1. eternity

Derived terms

• abadan

 

Old English

Etymology

From ābīdan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑːˌbɑːd/

Verb

ābād

1. past singular of ābīdan

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish abad, abbat, from Latin abbātem, from Ancient Greek ἀββᾶς (abbâs), from Aramaic אבא (’abbā, “father”). Doublet of abate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈbad/ [aˈβ̞að̞]

• Audio (Spain):

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• Rhymes: -ad
• Syllabification: a‧bad

Noun

abad m (plural abades)

1. abbot

Related terms

• abacial
• abadengo
• abadesa
• abadía
• abadiato
• abate

 

Descendants

• → Basque: abade
• → Hiligaynon: abad
• → Tagalog: abad

Further reading

• “abad”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈbad/ [ʔɐˈbad̪̚]
• Rhymes: -ad
• Syllabification: a‧bad

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish abad (“abbot”), from Old Spanish abad, abbat, from Latin abbātem, from Ancient Greek ἀββᾶς (abbâs), from Aramaic אבא (’abbā, “father”). Doublet of abate.

Noun

abád (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊᜇ᜔) (Christianity)

1. abbot

Related terms

• Abad
• abadesa
• abadiya
• abadyato

 

See also

• prelado

 

Etymology 2

From apheresis of sabad.

Noun

abád (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊᜇ᜔)

1. thwarting; foiling; failure

   Synonyms: pagbigo, pagkabigo, pagsugpo, pagkasugpo

Adjective

abád (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊᜇ᜔)

1. thwarted; foiled; unsuccessful

   Synonym: bigo

Further reading

• “abad”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 1

Uzbek

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَبَد (ʔabad).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [æbæd̪]

Noun

abad (plural abadlar)

1. eternity

Related terms

• abadiy
• abadiylashtirmoq
• abadiyat

Welsh

Cyngar Sant (c. 470 – 27 November 520), abad o Gymru

Etymology

From Middle Welsh abat, from Proto-Brythonic *abad, from Ecclesiastical Latin abbās, from Ancient Greek ἀββᾶς (abbâs), from Aramaic אַבָּא (’abbā, “father”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈabad/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈa(ː)bad/
• Rhymes: -abad

Noun

abad m (plural abadau)

1. abbot

Derived terms

• abadaeth (“abbotship”)
• abades (“abbes”)
• abatir (“abbey land”)
• abaty (“abbey”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of abad

radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
abad	unchanged	unchanged	habad

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.