According to a legend, one could find a lake in Kabul, in the middle of which the so-called "Island of Happiness" could be found, where a joyous family of musicians lived. According to this same legend, the island became accessible by the order of a king through the construction of a bridge (i.e. "pul" in Persian) made out of straw (i.e. "kah" in Persian). According to this legend the name Kabul was thus formed as a result of these two words combined, i.e. "kah" + "pul". According to the "Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Place Names", the "suggestion that the name is derived from the Arabic root "qbl" ‘meeting’ or ‘receiving’ is unlikely".