köken: Named after Ahmad Shah I. A corruption of Classical Persian اَحْمَدْآبَاد (ahmad'ābād), a compound of اَحْمَد (ahmad) + ـآبَاد (-ābād, “placename suffix”). This corruption involves a lenition from /b/ to /ʋ/ in the placename suffix. More information For the corruption of this term, compare Hindustani अहमदाबाद (ahmadābād) / اَحْمَد آباد (ahmad ābād). For another corruption involving Classical…