اصفهان

اصفهان

See also: أصفهان‎

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian اصفهان‎ (esfahân).

Proper noun

اصفهان • (isfahan)

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

Descendants

• Turkish: İsfahan

Further reading

• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “اصفهان”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 129

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Persian

Alternative forms

• اسپهان‎ (Espahân), سپاهان‎ (Sepāhān)

Etymology

From earlier form, سپاهان‎ (Sepāhān) from Middle Persian [script needed] (spʾhʾn /Spāhān/) ultimately from Old Persian *spādāna- (“connected with the army”) or *spādānām (“of the armies”), from 𐎿𐎱𐎠𐎭 (s-p-a-d /spāda-/, “army”)[1], from Proto-Iranian *cwáHdaH (“army”); see there for further information.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /isfaˈhɑːn/

• (Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /ɪsfaˈhɑːn/

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /esfæˈhɒːn/

• (Tajik) IPA^(key): /isfaˈhɔn/

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• Rhymes: -ân

Proper noun

Dari	اصفهان
Iranian Persian
Tajik	Исфаҳон (Isfahon)

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

• اصفهانی‎ (esfahâni)

References

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