Ասպահան

Armenian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Ասպահան • (Aspahan)

  1. Alternative form of Սպահան (Spahan)

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Ասպահան • (Aspahan)

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

Declension

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Descendants

  • Armenian: Ասպահան (Aspahan)

References

  • Perixanjan, A. G. (1993) Материалы к этимологическому словарю древнеармянского языка. Часть I [Materials for the Etymological Dictionary of the Old Armenian Language. Part 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] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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