اصفہان

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Urdu اِصْفَہان (isfahān), from Classical Persian اِصْفَهَان (isfahān).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /əs.fə.ɦäːn/, [əs.fäː˨nᵊ]

Proper noun

اَصْفَہَان • (aṣfahān) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਅਸਫ਼ਹਾਨ)

1. Isfahan (a city in Iran)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian اِصْفَهَان (isfahān), ultimately from Old Persian *spādānaʰ (“army, adj.”) or *spādānām (“of the armies”), from 𐎿𐎱𐎠𐎭 (spādaʰ, “army”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɪs.fə.ɦɑːn/, /əs.fə.ɦɑːn/
• Rhymes: -ɑːn

Proper noun

اِصْفَہان or اَصْفَہان • (isfahān or asfahān) m (Hindi spelling इस्फ़हान or अस्फ़हान)

1. Isfahan (a city in Iran)
2. a male given name from Persian

Further reading

• “اصفہان”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.