Armenian

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Etymology

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From Old Armenian Ասպահան (Aspahan); see it for more.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Ասպահան (Aspahan)

  1. Alternative form of Սպահան (Spahan)

Declension

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i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)
singular (singulare tantum)
nominative Ասպահան (Aspahan)
dative Ասպահանի (Aspahani)
ablative Ասպահանից (Aspahanicʻ)
instrumental Ասպահանով (Aspahanov)
locative Ասպահանում (Aspahanum)
definite forms
nominative Ասպահանը/Ասպահանն (Aspahanə/Aspahann)
dative Ասպահանին (Aspahanin)
1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative Ասպահանս (Aspahans)
dative Ասպահանիս (Aspahanis)
ablative Ասպահանիցս (Aspahanicʻs)
instrumental Ասպահանովս (Aspahanovs)
locative Ասպահանումս (Aspahanums)
2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative Ասպահանդ (Aspahand)
dative Ասպահանիդ (Aspahanid)
ablative Ասպահանիցդ (Aspahanicʻd)
instrumental Ասպահանովդ (Aspahanovd)
locative Ասպահանումդ (Aspahanumd)

Old Armenian

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Etymology

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Because of the prothetic a- borrowed from Middle Median, from Old Median *Spādānah. See also ասպահանիկ (aspahanik).

Proper noun

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Ասպահան (Aspahan)

  1. Isfahan (the capital city of modern Isfahan Province, Iran)

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: Ասպահան (Aspahan)

References

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  • Perixanjan, A. G. (1993) Материалы к этимологическому словарю древнеармянского языка. Часть I [Materials for the Etymological Dictionary of the Old Armenian Language. Part 1]‎[1] (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 18
  • Anonymous disciples of Mxitʻar Sebastacʻi (1769) “Ասպահան”, in Baṙgirkʻ Haykazean lezui. Baṙaran yatuk anuancʻ [Dictionary of the Armenian Language. Dictionary of Proper Names]‎[2] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy