a, Corrupted from the Persian word Abád. Cultivated, peopled, inhabited, pleasant; full of buildings and inhabitants; and in composition in the sense of city or village, as Wazírábád, the city of Wazír:—abád hoṉá, v. n. To be cultivated and inhabited:—abád karná, v. a. To build, to cultivate, to make a place inhabited and populous:—abád rahiṉá, v. n. To be happy and prosperous.