همدان

See also: همذان

Arabic

Etymology 1

From Persian (hamadân).

Alternative forms

هَمَذَان (hamaḏān)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ha.ma.daːn/

Proper noun

هَمَدَان • (hamadān) f

Hamadan (A city in western Iran)

Declension

Declension of noun **هَمَدَان** (hamadān)
singular	basic singular diptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	—	هَمَدَان hamadān	—
nominative	—	هَمَدَانُ hamadānu	—
accusative	—	هَمَدَانَ hamadāna	—
genitive	—	هَمَدَانَ hamadāna	—

Etymology 2

From Old South Arabian 𐩠𐩣𐩵𐩬 (hmdn).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ham.daːn/

Proper noun

هَمْدَان • (hamdān) f

the Yemeni tribe of Banu Hamdan
The name of several villages in Yemen

Declension

Declension of noun **هَمْدَان** (hamdān)
singular	basic singular diptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	—	هَمْدَان hamdān	—
nominative	—	هَمْدَانُ hamdānu	—
accusative	—	هَمْدَانَ hamdāna	—
genitive	—	هَمْدَانَ hamdāna	—

Persian

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ha.ma.ˈdaːn/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [hä.mä.d̪ɑ́ːn]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔä.mä.d̪ɑ́ːn]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔä.mä.d̪ɔ́ːn]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [hæ.me.d̪ɒ́ːn]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [hä.mä.d̪ɔ́n]

Readings
Classical reading^?	hamadān
Dari reading^?	hamadān
Iranian reading^?	hamedân
Tajik reading^?	hamadon

Proper noun


Iranian Persian	همدان
Dari	همدان
Tajik	Ҳамадон

همدان • (hamedân)

Hamadan (a city in Iran, the seat of Hamadan County's Central District and the capital of Hamadan Province)
Hamadan (a county of Iran, around the city)
Hamadan (a province in western Iran)