Where does “Исфаһан” come from?
Исфаһан (Kazakh) comes from Persian اصفهان, from Persian سپاهان, from Pahlavi spāhān, from Old Median Spādānah, from Old Persian 𐎿𐎱𐎠𐎭, from Proto-Iranian *cwáHdah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćwáHdʰaH, from Proto-Indo-European ḱwéh₁-dʰ-o-h₁.