استانبول

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Arabic

Proper noun

اِسْتَانْبُول (ʾistanbūlf

  1. Alternative spelling of إِسْتَانْبُول (ʔistanbūl)

Ottoman Turkish

Istanbul province

Etymology

From a corruption of Byzantine Greek εἰς τὴν Πόλιν (eis tḕn Pólin, to the City), which is how Constantinople was referred to by the local Greeks.

Proper noun

استانبول (İstanbul)

  1. Istanbul (a city and province in Istanbul region, Turkey)

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Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Byzantine Greek εἰς τὴν Πόλιν (eis tḕn Pólin, to the City), perhaps through Arabic.

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? istāmbūl
Dari reading? istāmbul
Iranian reading? estâmbol
Tajik reading? istombul

Proper noun

Dari استانبول
Iranian Persian
Tajik Истонбул

استانبول (estânbol)

  1. Istanbul (a major city and province of Turkey)
    Synonym: قسطنطنیه (qostantaniyye, Constantinople)
    • c. 1060, Nāṣir-i Khusraw, Safarnāma [Book of Travels]‎:
      و آنجا یعنی بر آن مناره آیینه‌ای حراقه ساخته بودند که هر کشتی رومیان که از استانبول می‌آمدی چون به مقابله آن رسیدی آتشی از آن آینه افتادی و بسوختی.
      w-ānjā ya'nī bar ān munāra āyīna'ē harrāqa sāxta būdand ki har kaštī-yi rūmīyān ki az istānbūl mē-āmadē čōn ba muqābila-yi ān rasīdē ātišē az ān āyīna uftādē u bisōxtē.
      And there, that is to say on that lighthouse, a Mirror of Fireships had been constructed so that any Roman ship which came from Constantinople would catch fire from that mirror when it passed in front of it and be burnt.