اصفهان
See also: أصفهان
Ottoman Turkish
Descendants
- Turkish: İsfahan
Further reading
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “اصفهان”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 129
Persian
Alternative forms
- اسپهان (espahân), سپاهان (Sepāhān)
Etymology
From earlier form, سپاهان (sepâhân) from Middle Persian [script needed] (spʾhʾn /Spāhān/) ultimately from Old Persian *spādāna- (“connected with the army”) or *spādānām (“of the armies”), from 𐎿𐎱𐎠𐎭 (s-p-a-d /spāda-/, “army”)[1], from Proto-Iranian *cwáHdaH (“army”); see there for further information.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /isfaˈhɑːn/
- (Dari Persian) IPA(key): /ɪsfaˈhɑːn/
- (Iranian Persian) IPA(key): /esfæˈhɒːn/
- (Tajik) IPA(key): /isfaˈhɔn/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ân
Inflection
| Predicative forms of اصفهان (esfahân) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| 1st person (“I am, we are”) |
اصفهانم (esfahânam) |
اصفهانیم (esfahânim) |
| 2nd person (“you are”) |
اصفهانی (esfahâni) |
اصفهانید (esfahânid) اصفهانین △ (esfahânin) |
| 3rd person (“he/she/it is, they are”) |
اصفهان است (esfahân ast) اصفهانه △ (esfahâne) |
اصفهانند (esfahânand) اصفهانن △ (esfahânan) |
| △ Colloquial. | ||
Derived terms
- اصفهانی (esfahâni)
References
- John Hansman (2006), "ISFAHAN iv. PRE-ISLAMIC PERIOD § The name of Isfahan" in Encyclopaedia Iranica
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