Isfahan

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English

Alternative forms

• Esfahan

Etymology

Ultimately form Median *Spādāna (“army camp”), from *spāda- (“army”); compare Old Armenian սպայ (spay).

Proper noun

Isfahan

1. Third largest city of Iran.

Translations

city in Iran

• Arabic: إصفهان (ar) (ʾiṣfahān) m
• Armenian: Սպահան (hy) (Spahan)

  Old Armenian: Ասպահան (Aspahan)

• Azeri: İsfahan (az)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 伊斯法罕 (cmn) (Yīsīfǎhǎn)

• Japanese: イスファハン (ja) (Isufahan)
• Persian: اصفهان (fa) (Esfahân)
• Russian: Исфахан (ru) (Isfaxán) m
• Tajik: Исфаҳон (tg) (Isfahon)
• Turkish: İsfahan (tr)

See also

• (provinces of Iran) Alborz, Ardabil, Bushehr, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, East Azarbaijan, Isfahan, Fars, Gilan, Golestan, Hamadan, Hormozgan, Ilam, Kerman, Kermanshah, Khuzestan, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad, Kurdistan, Lorestan, Markazi, Mazandaran, North Khorasan, Qazvin, Qom, Razavi Khorasan, Semnan, Sistan and Baluchestan, South Khorasan, Tehran, West Azarbaijan, Yazd, Zanjan ^{(Category: en:Provinces of Iran)}