water; _e.g._ Doab (the district of two waters); Menab (the mouth of the water), on the Persian Gulf; Busheab or _Khoshaub_ (good water), a river in Hindostan, also an island in the Persian Gulf; Neelab (blue water); Punjaub (the district of the five streams); Chinab or Chenaub R., said to be a corrupt. of its former name _Chaudra Bhagee_ (the garden of the moon), so called from a small lake of that name from which it proceeds. Cognate with this root is the Gadhelic _abh_, in its forms of _aw_ or _ow_. Thus in Scotland we have the River Awe and Loch Awe; in Ireland, Ow and Owbeg (little stream); Ow-nageerah (the stream of the sheep); Finnow (clear stream). Cognate with these root-words is the Lat. _aqua_ and its derivations in the Romance languages, as well as _ae_ or _ea_ (A.S. water). Forsteman finds river names, allied to the foregoing, throughout Germany and France, in such forms as _ap_, _op_, _ep_, etc., as in the Oppa, Lennep, Barop, Biberaffa. [Sidenote: ABAD (Pers. and Sansc.),] a dwelling or town, generally connected with the name of its founder; _e.g._ Hyderabad (the town of Hyder Ali, or of the Lion); Ahmedabad (of the Sultan Ahmed); Furrackabad (founded by Furrack the Fortunate); Agra or Akberabad (founded by Akber); Nujiabad (of Nujibah-Dowlah); Auringabad (founded by Aurungzebe); Jafferabad (the city of Jaffier); Jehanabad (of Shah Jehan); Jellabad (of Jellal, a chief); Moorshedabad (the town of Moorshed Khoolly-Khan); Moorabad (named after Morad, the son of Shah Jehan); Shahabad (of the Shah); Abbas-abad (founded by Abbas the Great); Dowladabad (the town of wealth); Hajiabad (of the pilgrim); Meschdabad (of the mosque); Islamabad (of the true faith); Allah-abad (of God); Secunderabad (named after Alexander the Great); Resoulabad (of the prophet); Asterabad (on the River Aster); Futteabad (the town of victory); Sadabad or Suffi-abad (the town of the _sadi_ or _suffi_, _i.e._ the sage). [Sidenote: ABER (Cym.-Cel.), ABHIR and OBAIR (Gael.),]