اصفهان
See also: أصفهان
Ottoman Turkish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Classical Persian اِصْفَهَان (isfahān), from earlier سِپَاهَان (sipāhān), from Middle Persian, ultimately from Old Persian *spādānah (“army”) or *spādānām (“of the armies”), from 𐎿𐎱𐎠𐎭 (s-p-a-d /spādaʰ/, “army”), from Proto-Iranian *cwáHdaH (“army”).
Proper noun
editاصفهان • (isfahan)
Descendants
edit- Turkish: İsfahan
Further reading
edit- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “اصفهان”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 129
Persian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom earlier form, سپاهان (sipāhān) from Middle Persian [script needed] (spʾhʾn /Spāhān/) ultimately from Old Persian *spādānah (“connected with the army”) or *spādānām (“of the armies”), from 𐎿𐎱𐎠𐎭 (s-p-a-d /spādaʰ/, “army”),[1] from Proto-Iranian *cwáHdaH (“army”); see there for further information.
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ʔis.fa.ˈhɑːn]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ʔes.fæ.ɦɒ́ːn]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʔis.fä.ɦɔ́n]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | isfahān |
Dari reading? | isfahān |
Iranian reading? | esfahân |
Tajik reading? | isfahon |
Proper noun
editDari | اصفهان |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | Исфаҳон |
اصفهان • (esfahân)
Inflection
editPredicative forms of اصفهان (esfahân) | ||
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singular | plural | |
1st person (“I am, we are”) |
اصفهانم (esfahânam) |
اصفهانیم (esfahânim) |
2nd person (“you are”) |
اصفهانی (esfahâni) |
اصفهانید (esfahânid) اصفهانین △ (esfahânin) |
3rd person (“he/she/it is, they are”) |
اصفهان است (esfahân ast) اصفهانه △ (esfahâne) |
اصفهانند (esfahânand) اصفهانن △ (esfahânan) |
△ Colloquial. |
Derived terms
edit- اصفهانی (esfahâni)
References
edit- ^ John Hansman (2006), "ISFAHAN iv. PRE-ISLAMIC PERIOD § The name of Isfahan" in Encyclopaedia Iranica
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