اصفهان

See also: أصفهان

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

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

اصفهان • (İsfahan)

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

Descendants
  • Turkish: İsfahan

Further reading

Persian

Alternative forms
  • اسپهان (espahân), سپاهان (Sepāhān)

Etymology

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
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔɪs.fä.ɦɑ́ːn]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ʔɪs.fɑːɑ́ːn]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ʔis.fɔːɔ́ːn]

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

Proper noun
Dari اصفهان
Iranian Persian
Tajik Исфаҳон

اصفهان • (esfahân)

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

Inflection
    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

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