اسپهان

Persian

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔis.pa.ˈhaːn/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪs.pʰä.ɦɑ́ːn]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪs.pʰɑːɑ́ːn]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔis.pʰɔːɔ́ːn]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔes.pʰæ.ɦɒ́ːn]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔis.pʰä.ɦɔ́n]

Readings
Classical reading^?	ispahān
Dari reading^?	ispahān
Iranian reading^?	espahân
Tajik reading^?	ispahon

Proper noun


Iranian Persian	اسپهان
Dari	اسپهان
Tajik	Испаҳон

اسپهان • (espahân)

(archaic) alternative form of (esfahân):
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)

Derived terms

اسپهانی (espahâni)

Descendants

→ English: Ispahan
→ French: Ispahan

Further reading

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “اسپهان”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim