İsfahan

See also: Isfahan

Azerbaijani

Proper noun

İsfahan

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

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish اصفهان (İsfahān), from Classical Persian اصفهان (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.

Proper noun

İsfahan

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