Borrowed from Classical Persian اِصْفَهَان (isfahān), from earlier سِپَاهَان (sipāhān), from Middle Persian, ultimately from Old Persian *spādānah (“army”) or *spādānām (“of the armies”), from 𐎿𐎱𐎠𐎭 (s-p-a-d /spādaʰ/, “army”), from Proto-Iranian *cwáHdaH (“army”).
اصفهان • (isfahan)
From earlier form, سپاهان (sipāhān) from Middle Persian (spʾhʾn /Spāhān/) ultimately from Old Persian *spādānah (“connected with the army”) or *spādānām (“of the armies”), from 𐎿𐎱𐎠𐎭 (s-p-a-d /spādaʰ/, “army”),[1] from Proto-Iranian *cwáHdaH (“army”); see there for further information.
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | isfahān |
| Dari reading? | isfahān |
| Iranian reading? | esfahân |
| Tajik reading? | isfahon |
| Dari | اصفهان |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | Исфаҳон |
اصفهان • (esfahân)
| 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. | ||