Ասպահան

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian Ասպահան (Aspahan); see it for more.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Ասպահան (Aspahan)

  1. Alternative form of Սպահան (Spahan)

Declension


Old Armenian

Etymology

Because of the prothetic a- borrowed from Middle Median, from Old Median *Spādānah. See also ասպահանիկ (aspahanik).

Proper noun

Ասպահան (Aspahan)

  1. Isfahan

Declension

Descendants

References

  • Perixanjan, A. G. (1993) Materialy k etimologičeskomu slovarju drevnearmjanskovo jazyka. Častʹ I [Materials for the Etymological Dictionary of the Old Armenian Language. Part 1] (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 18
  • Sebastacʿi, Mxitʿar (1769), Ասպահան”, in Baṙgirkʿ Haykazean lezui. Baṙaran yatuk anuancʿ [Dictionary of the Armenian Language. Dictionary of Proper Names] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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