قسطنطینیه

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Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic الْقُسْطَنْطِينِيَّة (al-qusṭanṭīniyya), from Byzantine Greek Κωνσταντινούπολις (Kōnstantinoúpolis, City of Constantine).

Proper noun

قسطنطینیه (Kostantiniyye)

  1. (now historical) Synonym of استانبول, Constantinople (the former capital of the Byzantine Empire and Ottoman Empire).

Descendants

  • Turkish: Kostantiniye

References

  • Mallouf, Nassif (1856) “Constantinople”, in Dictionnaire français-turc, 2nd edition, Paris: Maisonneuve, page 120