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isfahan

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.49 in modern English

Syllables
is-fa-han
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

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.

name

A county of Iran, around the city.

name

A province of Iran.

Etymology

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.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: اِصْفَهَان, *spādānah, *cwáHdah

Inflected Forms

Esfahan (alternative, obsolete) Ispahan (alternative, obsolete) Hispaham (alternative, obsolete)

Derived Forms

Isfahani

Questions

What does isfahan mean?
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.
Where does isfahan come from?
It is traced to Old Persian.

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