Persian · noun · Nation, Faith & Society

Aabaadi

आबादी
said aa-baa-dee
also written: Abadi
Meaning

Population, settlement; a flourishing inhabited place.

Literally: the state of being abad (inhabited/flourishing)

Usage & notes

Both a settled, thriving habitation and the population that fills it; the happy opposite of barbaadi (ruin) and viraani (desolation).