Isfahan
Isfahan proper noun: a city in Iran, the seat of Isfahan County's Central District and the capital of Isfahan Province, the third largest city of Iran; the former capital of Iran, from 1598–1736.
Proper noun
Isfahan
Isfahan meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
Isfahan in Hindi
- third largest city of Iran
- इस्फ़हान isfahān
Isfahan in Marathi
- third largest city of Iran
- इस्फहान isphahān
Isfahan in Urdu
- third largest city of Iran
- اِصْفَہَان isfahān
Isfahan in Bengali
- third largest city of Iran
- ইস্ফাহান iśphahan, ইসফাহান iśphahan, ইস্পাহান iśpahan
More languagesFewer languages
- Isfahan in Pashto
- اصفهان esfahān
- Isfahan in Arabic
- أَصْفَهَان ʔaṣfahān, إِصْفَهَان ʔiṣfahān
- Isfahan in Malay
- Isfahan
- Isfahan in Indonesian
- Isfahan
- Isfahan in Thai
- เอสแฟฮอน
- Sindhi
- اصفھان āṣfhā̃
Forms of Isfahan
| alternative form (obsolete) | Esfahan |
|---|---|
| alternative form (obsolete) | Ispahan |
| alternative form (obsolete) | Hispaham |
Origin of Isfahan
Ultimately derived from Classical Persian اِصْفَهَان (isfahān), from Old Persian *spādānah (“army, adj.”) or *spādānām (“of the armies”), from 𐎿𐎱𐎠𐎭 (spādaʰ, “army”), from Proto-Iranian *cwáHdah (“army”), q.v.
Words formed from Isfahan
Questions about Isfahan
- What does Isfahan mean?
- Isfahan means a city in Iran, the seat of Isfahan County's Central District and the capital of Isfahan Province, the third largest city of Iran; the former capital of Iran, from 1598–1736.
- What is Isfahan in Hindi?
- Isfahan in Hindi is इस्फ़हान (isfahān). See Isfahan meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Isfahan?
- Isfahan is a proper noun.
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