Isfahan

See also: İsfahan

English

Alternative forms

• Esfahan, Ispahan

Etymology

From Classical Persian اصفهان‎ (isfahān), ultimately from Old Persian *spādāna- (“connected with the army”) or *spādānām (“of the armies”), from 𐎿𐎱𐎠𐎭 (spāda-, “army”), from Proto-Iranian *cwáHdaH (“army”); see it for more.

Proper noun

Isfahan

1. The third largest city of Iran, and former capital of Iran (1598–1736).
2. Isfahan Province, one of 31 provinces in Iran.

Related terms

• Isfahani

Translations

third largest city of Iran

• Arabic: أَصْفَهَان‎ f (ʔaṣfahān), إِصْفَهَان‎ f (ʔiṣfahān)
• Armenian: Սպահան (Spahan)

  Old Armenian: Ասպահան (Aspahan)

• Azerbaijani: İsfahan
• Bengali: ইস্ফহান (iśphohan), ইস্পাহান (iśpahan)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 伊斯法罕 (zh) (Yīsīfǎhǎn)

• Dutch: Isfahan
• French: Ispahan (fr)
• German: Isfahan
• Greek: Ισφαχάν (el) f (Isfachán)
• Hebrew: אספהאן‎ f (esfahan)
• Irish: Isfahan
• Italian: Esfahan
• Japanese: イスファハン (Isufahan)
• Persian: اصفهان‎ (fa) (esfahân), اسپهان‎ (espahân), سپاهان‎ (fa) (sepâhân)
• Portuguese: Isfahan f, Ispahan f, Esfahan f
• Russian: Исфаха́н (ru) m (Isfaxán)
• Spanish: Isfahán (es), Ispahán (es)
• Tajik: Исфаҳон (tg) (Isfahon)
• Turkish: İsfahan
• Uyghur: ئىسپاھان‎ (ispahan)
• Uzbek: Isfahon

See also

• (provinces of Iran) Alborz, Ardabil, Bushehr, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, East Azerbaijan, 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 Azerbaijan, Yazd, Zanjan ^{(Category: en:Provinces of Iran)}

Anagrams

• Hanafis, faanish

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Ispahan, Esfahan, Ispaã, Ispaão
• Ispahã, Ispahão, Ispaan, Isfahã, Isfaã, Isfaão (rare)

Proper noun

Isfahan f

1. Isfahan (a city in Iran)