"İsfahan" meaning in Turkish

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Proper name

Etymology: From Ottoman Turkish اصفهان (isfahān), from Classical Persian اِصْفَهَان (isfahān), variant of سپاهان (sipāhān), from Middle Persian [script needed] (Spāhān), ultimately from Old Persian *spādānah (“army”, adj.) or *spādānām (“of the armies”), from 𐎿𐎱𐎠𐎭 (s-p-a-d /⁠spādaʰ⁠/, “army”, n.) from Proto-Iranian *cwáHdaH (“army”), q.v. Etymology templates: {{inh|tr|ota|اصفهان|tr=isfahān}} Ottoman Turkish اصفهان (isfahān), {{bor|tr|fa-cls|اِصْفَهَان}} Classical Persian اِصْفَهَان (isfahān), {{der|tr|pal||tr=Spāhān}} Middle Persian [script needed] (Spāhān), {{der|tr|peo|*spādānah|pos=adj.|t=army}} Old Persian *spādānah (“army”, adj.), {{der|tr|ira-pro|*cwáHdaH|t=army}} Proto-Iranian *cwáHdaH (“army”) Head templates: {{head|tr|proper noun}} İsfahan
  1. Isfahan (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) Categories (place): Cities in Iran, Places in Iran
    Sense id: en-İsfahan-tr-name-pvsb5Gyg Categories (other): Former capitals, Isfahan, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Turkish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 43 7 43 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 45 5 45 5 Disambiguation of Turkish entries with incorrect language header: 81 19
  2. Isfahan (a province of Iran) Categories (place): Places in Iran, Provinces of Iran
    Sense id: en-İsfahan-tr-name-pKo-drou Categories (other): Isfahan Province, Iran
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