بررسي ريشه شناختي دو جاينام در استان همدان (نهاوند و آدراپانا)

An Etymological Investigation of Two Toponyms in the Province of Hamedan

Geographical names, referred to as ʹtoponymsʹ, make a large set of lexemes gathered over centuries. To study toponyms is important since they provide good clues about many historical facts from which nothing has been left, except a few names. As linguistic units, they are exposed to any change that may occur in a language. The study of toponyms, based on the methods of historical-comparative linguistics, and using historical and geographical information provides their comprehensive etymology. The present article is a historical- etymological survey of two toponyms in Hamedan province: ʹNahavand ʹ and ʹAdrapanaʹ. According to the findings of the research, the ancient toponym of ʹNesaʹ , and the city ʹNahavand 6 are related to each other. This helps to locate ancient ʹNesaʹ and ʹAdrapanaʹ., which are of archeological and historical-geographical importance.