Цариград
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Bulgarian
Etymology
Compounded from цар (car, “emperor”) + град (grad, “city”), thus imperial city.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Ца́риград • (Cárigrad) m
- (dated) Istanbul (the largest city in Turkey)
- (archaic) Veliko Tarnovo
See also
- Истанбу́л (Istanbúl)
- Константино́пол (Konstantinópol)
- Вели́ко Тъ́рново (Velíko Tǎ́rnovo)
Macedonian
Etymology
цар (car, “emperor”) + град (grad, “city”)
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Ца́риград • (Cárigrad) m (relational adjective цари́градски)
Synonyms
- (modern): И́станбул m (Ístanbul)
References
- “Цариград” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) − drmj.eu
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From ца̏р (“emperor”) + гра̑д (“city”), probably calqued after Ancient Greek expression Βασιλέως Πόλις (Basiléōs Pólis, “the city of the emperor”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Ца̀ригра̄д m (Latin spelling Càrigrād)
- (uncountable, dated, language of literature) Istanbul (the largest city in Turkey)
Declension
Declension of Цариград
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Цариград |
| genitive | Цариграда |
| dative | Цариграду |
| accusative | Цариград |
| vocative | Цариграде |
| locative | Цариграду |
| instrumental | Цариградом |
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:Carigrad.
Synonyms
- (modern): Ѝстанбул