اصفہان

Borrowed from Urdu اِصْفَہان (isfahān), from Classical Persian اِصْفَهَان (isfahān).

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /əs.fə.ɦäːn/, [əs.fäː˨nᵊ]

اَصْفَہَان • (aṣfahān) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਅਸਫ਼ਹਾਨ)

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)

Borrowed from Classical Persian اِصْفَهَان (isfahān), ultimately from Old Persian *spādānaʰ (“army, adj.”) or *spādānām (“of the armies”), from 𐎿𐎱𐎠𐎭 (spādaʰ, “army”).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɪs.fə.ɦɑːn/, /əs.fə.ɦɑːn/
• Rhymes: -ɑːn

اِصْفَہان or اَصْفَہان • (isfahān or asfahān) m (Hindi spelling इस्फ़हान or अस्फ़हान)

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)
3. a male given name from Persian

• “اصفہان”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.