همدان

See also: همذان

Arabic

Etymology 1

From Persian همدان (hamadân).

Alternative forms

• هَمَذَان (hamaḏān)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ha.ma.daːn/

Proper noun

هَمَدَان • (hamadān) f

1. Hamadan (A city in western Iran)

Declension

Declension of noun هَمَدَان (hamadān)

Singular	basic singular diptote
	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

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

Declension

Declension of noun هَمْدَان (hamdān)

Singular	basic singular diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	هَمْدَان hamdān	—
Nominative	—	هَمْدَانُ hamdānu	—
Accusative	—	هَمْدَانَ hamdāna	—
Genitive	—	هَمْدَانَ hamdāna	—

Persian

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ha.ma.ˈðɑːn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [hä.mä.d̪ɑ́ːn]

• (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?	hamaḏān
Dari reading?	hamadān
Iranian reading?	hamedân
Tajik reading?	hamadon

Proper noun

Dari	همدان
Iranian Persian
Tajik	Ҳамадон

همدان • (hamedân)

1. Hamadan, a province in western Iran, capital Hamadan City