Isfahan
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See also: İsfahan
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Etymology
Ultimately derived from Classical Persian اِصْفَهَان (isfahān), from Old Persian *spādānah (“army, adj.”) or *spādānām (“of the armies”), from 𐎿𐎱𐎠𐎭 (spādaʰ, “army”),[1] from Proto-Iranian *cwáHdaH (“army”), q.v.
Proper noun
Isfahan
- The third largest city of Iran, and former capital of Iran (1598–1736).
- Isfahan Province, one of 31 provinces in Iran.
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Translations
third largest city of Iran
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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)
References
- ^ John Hansman (2006), "ISFAHAN iv. PRE-ISLAMIC PERIOD § The name of Isfahan" in Encyclopaedia Iranica
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Proper noun
Isfahan f