Chaharbagh

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Persian چهارباغ (čahârbâğ), from چهار (čahâr, four) +‎ باغ (bâğ, garden), literally four gardens.

Proper noun

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Chaharbagh

  1. Ellipsis of Chaharbagh Avenue; the Chaharbagh, Isfahan, so named because Shah Abbas the Great had bought four vineyards in the city to secure the right-of-way[1]
  2. A toponym:
    1. A city in Alborz, Iran
    2. A district of Alborz, Iran

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References

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  1. ^ ČAHĀRBĀḠ-E EṢFAHĀN”, in Encyclopædia Iranica, 1990