Ասպահան

Armenian

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

Ասպահան • (Aspahan)

alternative form of Սպահան (Spahan):
1. Isfahan (a city in Iran, the seat of Isfahan County's Central District and the capital of Isfahan Province, the third largest city of Iran; the former capital of Iran, from 1598–1736)
2. Isfahan (a province of Iran)

i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)
	singular (singulare tantum)
nominative	Ասպահան (Aspahan)
dative	Ասպահանի (Aspahani)
ablative	Ասպահանից (Aspahanicʻ)
instrumental	Ասպահանով (Aspahanov)
locative	Ասպահանում (Aspahanum)

	definite forms
nominative	Ասպահանը / Ասպահանն (Aspahanə / Aspahann)
dative	Ասպահանին (Aspahanin)

	1^st person possessive forms (my)
nominative	Ասպահանս (Aspahans)
dative	Ասպահանիս (Aspahanis)
ablative	Ասպահանիցս (Aspahanicʻs)
instrumental	Ասպահանովս (Aspahanovs)
locative	Ասպահանումս (Aspahanums)

	2^nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative	Ասպահանդ (Aspahand)
dative	Ասպահանիդ (Aspahanid)
ablative	Ասպահանիցդ (Aspahanicʻd)
instrumental	Ասպահանովդ (Aspahanovd)
locative	Ասպահանումդ (Aspahanumd)

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

Ասպահան • (Aspahan)

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Perixanjan, A. G. (1993) Материалы к этимологическому словарю древнеармянского языка. Часть I [Materials for the Etymological Dictionary of the Old Armenian Language. Part 1]‎^[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]‎^[2] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy