baag

Baag, also transliterated as bagh, baagh, or baag, is a term that denotes a garden or orchard in Persian and in several Hindustani languages such as Urdu and Hindi. It is derived from the Persian word bagh, which refers to a cultivated or ornamental garden. In everyday language, baag can simply mean a garden, park, or green space.

In terms of usage, bagh appears frequently in literature and poetry as a metaphor for beauty, growth, and abundance. It is also used in compound forms such as bagh-e-..., a Persianate construction meaning “Garden of …,” and is common in toponyms across Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India. The spelling varies with transliteration, including bagh, baagh, and baag, but the semantic core remains the same.

The term functions both as a common noun and as a historical or geographic element within names. In many South Asian and Middle Eastern contexts, bagh or its variants appears in place names and in cultural references, reflecting the enduring association of the word with cultivated landscapes and the imagery of gardens.

See also: Bagh (disambiguation).