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Isfahan
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İsfahan
English
Alternative forms
en Esfahan Ispahan Hispaham obsolete
Etymology
Ultimately en fa-cls اِصْفَهَان 1, from en peo *spādānah army, adj. or peo *spādānām of the armies, from peo 𐎿𐎱𐎠𐎭 spādaʰ army,John Hansman (2006), "ISFAHAN iv. PRE-ISLAMIC PERIOD § The name of Isfahan" in Encyclopaedia Iranica from en ira-pro *cwáHdah army, q.v.
Pronunciation
ĭsʹfə-hän′Isfahan or Esfahan 850 2Es·fa·han or Is·fa·han 235 1
en
Proper noun
en Q42053 en city c/Iran the seat of Isfahan County's district:Suf/Central and the capital of p:Suf/Isfahan the third largest city of Iran ; former capital c/Iran from 1598–1736.
en Q1282082 en county c/Iran around the city.
en Q1367759 en province c/Iran.
Derived terms
en Isfahani
Translations
third largest city of Iran
Arabic: ar أَصْفَهَان f, ar إِصْفَهَان f
Armenian: hy Սպահան
Old Armenian: xcl Ասպահան
Azerbaijani: az İsfahan
Bashkir: ba Исфаһан
Belarusian: be Ісфаха́н m
Bengali: bn ইস্ফাহান, bn ইসফাহান, bn ইস্পাহান
Bulgarian: bg Исфаха́н m
Chechen: ce Исфахан
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 伊斯法罕 Yīsīfǎhǎn
Czech: cs Isfahán
Danish: da Isfahan n
Dutch: nl Isfahan n
Finnish: fi Isfahan
French: fr Ispahan m
Georgian: ka ისპაანი
German: de Isfahan n
Greek: el Ισφαχάν f
Hebrew: he אֶסְפָהָאן f esfahan
Hindi: hi इस्फ़हान m
Hungarian: hu Iszfahán
Indonesian: id Isfahan
Irish: ga Isfahan
Italian: it Esfahan
Japanese: ja イスファハン Isufahan
Kazakh: kk Исфаһан
Korean: ko ^이스파한
Kyrgyz: ky Исфахан, ky Ыспан
Latin: la Ispahānum n
Latvian: lv Isfahāna
Lithuanian: lt Isfahanas
Malay: ms Isfahan
Marathi: mr इस्फहान n
Mazanderani: mzn اصفهون
Ossetian: os Исфахан
Pashto: ps اصفهان m esfahān
Persian:
Iranian Persian: fa-ira اِصْفَهان, fa-ira اِسْپَهان, fa-ira سِپاهان
Polish: pl Isfahan m
Portuguese: pt Isfahan f, pt Ispahan f, pt Esfahan f
Russian: ru Исфаха́н m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Исфахан m
Latin: sh Isfahan m
Sindhi: sd اصفھان
Spanish: es Isfahán, es Ispahán
Tajik: tg Исфаҳон
Tatar: tt Исфәһан
Thai: th เอสแฟฮอน
Turkish: tr İsfahan
Ottoman Turkish: ota اصفهان İsfahān
Turkmen: tk Yspyhan
Ukrainian: uk Ісфаха́н m
Urdu: ur اِصْفَہَان m
Uyghur: ug ئىسپاھان
Uzbek: uz Isfahon
See also
References
Anagrams
en aafhins Hanafis faanish
Portuguese
Alternative forms
pt Ispahan Esfahan Ispaã Ispaão
pt Ispahã Ispahão Ispaan Isfahã Isfaã Isfaão rare
Proper noun
f
pt Isfahan Q42053,Q1367759