See also: أصفهان

Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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Borrowed 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

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اصفهان (isfahan)

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

Descendants

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  • Turkish: İsfahan

Further reading

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Persian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From 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

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Readings
Classical reading? isfahān
Dari reading? isfahān
Iranian reading? esfahân
Tajik reading? isfahon
  • Audio (Iran):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑːn

Proper noun

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Dari اصفهان
Iranian Persian
Tajik Исфаҳон

اصفهان (esfahân)

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

Inflection

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    Predicative forms of اصفهان (esfahân)
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

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References

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  1. ^ John Hansman (2006), "ISFAHAN iv. PRE-ISLAMIC PERIOD § The name of Isfahan" in Encyclopaedia Iranica