Abadi (rural locality)

For settlements named "Abadi", see Abadi (disambiguation).

A typical Abadi in Iran

An abadi (Persian: آبادی, romanized: ābādī) is a term often used in Persian to describe a rural location, typically a settlement in a rural environment, or informally as a town or city.[1][2][3] The word Abadi derives from "آباد, ābād", which translates to "populous, thriving, prosperous".[4]

Being a generic and ambiguous term referring to small settlements, the statistical center of Iran uses the term in a broader sense, either a village, farm and "site" such as gas stations, restaurants, mines, railway stations, etc.[5][6][7] As of the 1973 census 23 per cent of ābādīs are non-residential.[8]

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  3. ^ Nyberg, H.S. (1964). A Manual of Pahlavi. Vol. 2. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. p. 25. ISBN 978-3-447-01580-6. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
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  5. ^ Balland, Daniel; Bazin, Marcel (30 August 2020). "DEH". Encyclopaedia Iranica Online.
  6. ^ "۱۷۰۰ روستای خراسان جنوبی خالی از سکنه شده‌اند". Deutsche Welle (in Persian). 20 June 2020. Archived from the original on 21 June 2020.
  7. ^ Manual for Census Takers [Râhnamây-e Ma'mur-e Saršomâri] (PDF). Tehran: Statistical center of Iran. 2006. pp. 59–65.
  8. ^ Encyclopaedia Iranica Vol. 1. Encyclopaedia Iranica Foundation. 15 December 1982. pp. 57–58. Retrieved 21 July 2022.