Talk:History of Baghdad

Timeline of Baghdad
What is missing from the recently created city timeline article? Please add relevant content. Contributions welcome. Thank you. -- M2545 (talk) 16:25, 19 May 2015 (UTC)

Date of Foundation
How can the city be mentioned in a document from 1800 BC and then be founded 2600 years later? This is a contradiction. --206.71.251.194 (talk) 18:33, 30 September 2016 (UTC)

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Bagdat? Berdat?
It was originally pronounced Bardad (with a glottal R similar to the French R, and not like the Spanish R). To this day, that is the native pronunciation, with the Arabic Rain - which is an emphasized (glottal) Ain.

According to Rashi's commentary on the Talmud the city reffered to as Bagdat or Bagdetta is "The major city of Bagdad". It could mean in Aramaic (and similarly in Hebrew): On the shore, or (in both languages) "You have committed treason" (with the verbal root BGD meaning to commit treason, with the vowels BAGAD meaning to have committed treason in the past, and the additional Ta meaning "By You").

See Daf Yomi (in Hebrew) about Rashi and Bagdad vs. Bagdat.

Has anybody heard of this? Is this the "Jewish" way of calling that city, or is there any evidence that it was an early pronunciation of the name of the city? פשוט pashute ♫ (talk) 15:43, 20 October 2020 (UTC)