Κωνσταντινούπολις
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From 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 (Byzantine)
- (Ancient Greek): —
- (Medieval, 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 | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Κωνστᾰντῑνουπολῑ́της (Kōnstantīnoupolī́tēs)
Descendants
- Greek: Κωνσταντινούπολις (Konstantinoúpolis), Κωνσταντινούπολη (Konstantinoúpoli)
- → Arabic: الْقُسْطَنْطِينِيَّة (al-qusṭanṭīniyya)
- → Azerbaijani: Qüstəntiniyyə
- → Malay: قسطنطینیه, Kustantiniyah
- → Ottoman Turkish: قسطنطینیه (Kostantiniyye)
- → Persian: قسطنطنیه (qostantaniye)
- → Bengali: কুস্তুন্তুনিয়া (kustuntuniẏa)
- → Hindustani:
- Hindi: क़ुस्तुंतुनिया (qustuntuniyā)
- Urdu: قسطنطنیہ (qustuntuniyā)
- → Uzbek: Qustantiniya
- → Urdu: قُسْطَنْطِینِیَہ (qusṭanṭīniya)
- → English: Constantinople
- → French: Constantinople
- → Latin: Cōnstantīnopolis
- → Old Armenian: Կոստանդնուպօլիս (Kostandnupōlis), Կոստանդինուպօլիս (Kostandinupōlis), Կոստանդնապօլիս (Kostandnapōlis), Կոստանդնուպոլիս (Kostandnupolis), Կոստանդնուպաւլիս (Kostandnupawlis)
- Armenian: Կոստանդնուպոլիս (Kostandnupolis)
- → Russian: Константинополь (Konstantinopolʹ)
- → Turkish: Konstantinopolis
Greek
Alternative forms
- Κωνσταντινούπολη (Konstantinoúpoli) (with modern inflectional ending)
Etymology
From Medieval Byzantine Greek Κωνσταντινούπολις, from the phrase Κωνστᾰντῑ́νου (Kōnstantī́nou, “Constantine's”, genitive) + πόλις (pólis, “city”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kon.stan.di.ˈnu ˈpo.lis/
(phrase): Κωνσταντίνου πόλιςAudio (file)
- IPA(key): /kon.stan.di.ˈnu.po.lis/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: Κων‧στα‧ντι‧νού‧πο‧λις
- Homophone: Κωνσταντινούπολης (Konstantinoúpolis)
Proper noun
Κωνσταντινούπολις • (Konstantinoúpolis) f (Katharevousa)
- Constantinople, medieval capital of Ῥωμανία, known as Byzantine Empire; contemporary İstanbul, Turkey
Declension
Κωνσταντινούπολις
| case \ number | singular | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Κωνσταντινούπολις • | |
| genitive | Κωνσταντινουπόλεως • | |
| accusative | Κωνσταντινούπολιν • | |
| vocative | Κωνσταντινούπολι • | |
| Dative case: τῇ Κωνσταντινουπόλει | ||
Related terms
- Κωνσταντινουπολίτης m (Konstantinoupolítis, “Constantinopolitan”)
- Κωνσταντινουπολίτισσα f (Konstantinoupolítissa, “Constantinopolitan”)
- κωνσταντινουπολίτικος (konstantinoupolítikos, “Constantinopolitan”)
- πολίτικος (polítikos, “short for Constantinopolitan”)
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