Κωνσταντινούπολις
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From the phrase Κωνστᾰντῑ́νου (Kōnstantī́nou, “Constantine's”, genitive) + πόλις (pólis, “city”).
Pronunciation
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /kons.tan.tiˈnu.po.lis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /kons.tan.tiˈnu.po.lis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /kons.tan.diˈnu.po.lis/
Proper noun
Κωνστᾰντῑνούπολῐς • (Kōnstantīnoúpolis) f (genitive Κωνστᾰντῑνουπόλεως); third declension (Koine, Byzantine)
- Constantinople; contemporary İstanbul, Turkey
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ Κωνστᾰντῑνούπολῐς hē Kōnstantīnoúpolis |
| Genitive | τῆς Κωνστᾰντῑνουπόλεως tês Kōnstantīnoupóleōs |
| Dative | τῇ Κωνστᾰντῑνουπόλει têi Kōnstantīnoupólei |
| Accusative | τὴν Κωνστᾰντῑνούπολῐν tḕn Kōnstantīnoúpolin |
| Vocative | Κωνστᾰντῑνούπολῐ Kōnstantīnoúpoli |
Synonyms
- Βασιλέως Πόλις (Basiléōs Pólis)
Derived terms
- Κωνστᾰντῑνουπολῑ́της (Kōnstantīnoupolī́tēs)
Descendants
- > Greek: Κωνσταντινούπολη (Konstantinoúpoli) (inherited)
- → Arabic: الْقُسْطَنْطِينِيَّة (al-qusṭanṭīniyya)
- → Azerbaijani: Qüstəntiniyyə
- → Malay: قسطنطینیه, Kustantiniyah
- → Ottoman Turkish: قسطنطینیه (Kostantiniyye)
- → Classical Persian: قسطنطنیه (qustantaniya)
- → Bengali: কুস্তুন্তুনিয়া (kustuntuniẏa)
- → Hindustani:
- Hindi: क़ुस्तुंतुनिया (qustuntuniyā)
- Urdu: قسطنطنیہ (qustuntuniyā)
- Dari: قسطنطنیه (qustantaniya)
- Iranian Persian: قسطنطنیه (qostantaniye)
- Tajik: Қустантиния (Qustantiniya), Қустантания (Qustantaniya)
- → Uzbek: Qustantiniya
- → Urdu: قُسْطَنْطِینِیَہ (qusṭanṭīniya)
- → Latin: Cōnstantīnopolis
- → French: Constantinople
- → Korean: 콘스탄티노폴리스 (konseutantinopolliseu)
- → English: Constantinople
- → Old Armenian: Կոստանդնուպօլիս (Kostandnupōlis), Կոստանդինուպօլիս (Kostandinupōlis), Կոստանդնապօլիս (Kostandnapōlis), Կոստանդնուպոլիս (Kostandnupolis), Կոստանդնուպաւլիս (Kostandnupawlis)
- Armenian: Կոստանդնուպոլիս (Kostandnupolis)
- → Russian: Константинополь (Konstantinopolʹ)
- → Turkish: Konstantinopolis
References
- ^ Κωνσταντινούπολη - Κωνσταντινούπολις - Babiniotis, Georgios (2002) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας: [Dictionary of Modern Greek (language)] (in Greek), 2nd edition, Athens: Kentro Lexikologias , 1st edition 1998, →ISBN.
Further reading
- Κωνσταντινούπολις - ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ (since 2011) Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch) University of Chicago.
Greek
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Koine Greek Κωνσταντινούπολις. Compare to Standard Modern Greek Κωνσταντινούπολη (Konstantinoúpoli).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kon.stan.diˈnu.po.lis/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: Κων‧στα‧ντι‧νού‧πο‧λις
- Homophone: Κωνσταντινούπολης (Konstantinoúpolis)
Also
Proper noun
Κωνσταντινούπολις • (Konstantinoúpolis) f (Katharevousa)
- Katharevousa form of Κωνσταντινούπολη (Konstantinoúpoli)
Declension
Identical to Koine Κωνσταντινούπολις (Kōnstantinoúpolis) inflection.
Κωνσταντινούπολις
| case \ number | singular | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Κωνσταντινούπολις • | |
| genitive | Κωνσταντινουπόλεως • | |
| accusative | Κωνσταντινούπολιν • | |
| vocative | Κωνσταντινούπολι • | |
| Dative case: τῇ Κωνσταντινουπόλει | ||
Related terms
- see: Κωνσταντινούπολη (Konstantinoúpoli)