[ābād], adj. inhabited, settled, populated.
[←New Pers. ābād ‘inhabited, cultivated (place, settlement); prosperous’ ◄Middle Pers. ābād ‘populous, thriving, prosperous’ <+②ā- ‘near to, toward’ (♣Eng. oakum) ◄Old Pers. pāta- pp. <√pā ‘to protect’] ♣[Avestan pā- v. ‘to protect’] ♣[OIA √pā ‘to protect, keep’]