See also: Isfahan

Azerbaijani

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Proper noun

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İsfahan

  1. Isfahan (the capital city of Isfahan Province, Iran)
  2. Isfahan (a province of Iran)

Turkish

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Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish اصفهان (isfahān), from Classical Persian اِصْفَهَان (isfahān), variant of سپاهان (sipāhān), from Middle Persian [script needed] (Spāhān), ultimately from Old Persian *spādānah (army, adj.) or *spādānām (of the armies), from 𐎿𐎱𐎠𐎭 (s-p-a-d /⁠spādaʰ⁠/, army, n.) from Proto-Iranian *cwáHdaH (army), q.v.

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İsfahan

  1. Isfahan (a city in Isfahan Province, Iran).