The capital of Pakistan is Islamabad, which I'm guessing means "House of Islam" in the local language, but I've not had cause to look it up.
The name "Islamabad" means "City of Islam". It is derived from two words: Islam and abad. Islam refers to the religion of Islam, Pakistan's state religion, and -abad is a Persian suffix meaning "cultivated place", indicating an inhabited place or city.
I was working off of "bayt" meaning "house" in Arabic proper - I had guessed there would be some corruption moving that far east, and "bayt" - "bayd" - "bad" isn't much of a stretch.
Based on the usage of "abad", it seems both words had a common root, though it may have been Aramaic or earlier.
The capital of Pakistan is Islamabad, which I'm guessing means "House of Islam" in the local language, but I've not had cause to look it up.
Not bad for a guy who's never studied Farsi.
I was working off of "bayt" meaning "house" in Arabic proper - I had guessed there would be some corruption moving that far east, and "bayt" - "bayd" - "bad" isn't much of a stretch.
Based on the usage of "abad", it seems both words had a common root, though it may have been Aramaic or earlier.