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).