اصفهان

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”).

اصفهان • (isfahan)

1. Isfahan (a major city in Iran; the former capital of Iran, from 1598–1736)

• Turkish: İsfahan

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “اصفهان”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 129

• اسپهان (ispahān / espahân), سپاهان (sipahān / sepahân)

From earlier form, سپاهان (sipahān / sepahân) 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.

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• Rhymes: -ɑːn

اصفهان • (isfahān / esfahân or isfihān / esfehân)

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 county of Iran, around the city)
3. Isfahan (a province of Iran)

• اصفهانی (isfahānī / esfahâni or isfihānī / esfehâni)