Chișinău

See also: Chisinau

English

Alternative forms

Chisinau
Kishinyov, Kishinev (dated, via Russian)

Etymology

From Romanian Chișinău.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌkɪʃɪˈnaʊ/
Rhymes: -aʊ

Proper noun

Chișinău

A municipality, the capital city of Moldova.

Translations

capital city and a municipality of Moldova

Albanian: Kishinau
Amharic: ኪሺንው (kišinw)
Arabic: كِيشِينَاو‎ f (kišināw), كِيشِينِيف‎ f (kīšīnīf)
Armenian: Քիշնեւ (Kʿišnew)
Asturian: Quixináu
Azerbaijani: Kişinyov
Belarusian: Кішынёў m (Kišynjóŭ)
Bengali: কিশিনাউ (kiśinau)
Bulgarian: Кишине́в m (Kišinév), Кишине́у (Kišinéu)
Burmese: ချီဆီနော မြို့ (hkyihcinau:mrui.)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 基希訥烏／基希讷乌 (gei¹ hei¹ nat⁶ wu¹)

Mandarin: 基希訥烏／基希讷乌 (zh) (Jīxīnèwū)
Czech: Kišiněv (cs) m
Danish: Chișinău n
Dutch: Chisinau n
Esperanto: Kiŝinevo (eo)
Estonian: Chișinău (et)
Finnish: Chișinău (fi); Chisinau (simplified); Kishinev (dated)
French: Chișinău (fr) m, Chisinau (fr) m, Kichinev (fr) f
Gagauz: Kişinöv
Georgian: კიშინიოვი (ka) (ḳišiniovi)
German: Kischinau (de) n, Chișinău (de) n
Greek: Κισινάου (el) n (Kisináou)
Hebrew: קִישִׁינֶב‎ f
Hindi: चिसिनाऊ m (cisināū)
Hungarian: Chișinău (hu)
Icelandic: Kisínev
Indonesian: Chișinău
Irish: Císineá f
Italian: Chisinau, Chișinău
Japanese: キシナウ (Kishinau), キシニョフ (Kishinyofu)
Kazakh: Кишинев (Kişinev), Кишинёв (Kişinev)
Khmer: ជីស៊ីណូ (km) (ciisiinou)
Korean: 키시너우 (ko) (Kisineou), 키시뇨프 (Kisinyopeu)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: Chișinău
Kyrgyz: Кишинёв (Kişinyov)
Lao: ຊີຊືເນົາ (sī sư̄ nao)
Latvian: Kišiņeva f
Lithuanian: Kišiniovas m
Macedonian: Киши́нев m (Kišínev)
Malay: Chișinău
Maltese: Ċisinaw
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: Кишинёв (Kišinjov)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Chișinău (no)
Pashto: کیشیناو‎
Persian: کیشینف‎ (kišinef), کیشیناو‎ (kišinâv)
Polish: Kiszyniów (pl) m
Portuguese: Chisinau, Quixinau (pt), Quichinau
Romanian: Chișinău (ro) n
Cyrillic: Кишинэу n
Russian: Кишинёв (ru) m (Kišinjóv)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Кишињев m

Roman: Kišinjev m
Slovak: Kišiňov m
Slovene: Kišinjev m
Spanish: Chisinau m
Swedish: Chișinău (sv) n, Kishinev n, Kisjinjov n
Tagalog: Chișinău
Tajik: Кишинёв (Kišinyov)
Tamil: கிசினோவ் (kiciṉōv)
Tatar: Кишинёв (Kişinyow)
Thai: คีชีเนา (kii-chii-nao)
Turkish: Kişinev
Turkmen: Kişinýow
Ukrainian: Кишині́в (uk) m (Kyšynív)
Urdu: کیشیناو‎ m (kiśināū)
Uyghur: كىشىنېۋ‎ (kishinëw)
Uzbek: Kishinyov
Vietnamese: Ki-si-nhốp, Ki-si-nô
Yiddish: קעשענעוו‎ n (keshenev)

Estonian

Proper noun

Chișinău

Chisinau (a municipality, the capital city of Moldova)

Finnish

Etymology

From Romanian Chișinău.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkiʃinɑu/, [ˈkiʃiˌnɑu]

Proper noun

Chișinău

Chișinău (capital city of Moldova)

Usage notes

When correct special characters are not available, the simplified spelling Chisinau is used.

Declension

Declension of Chișinău (type maa)

	singular	plural
nominative	Chișinău	–
genitive	Chișinăun	–
partitive	Chișinăuta	–
accusative	Chișinău Chișinăun	–
inessive	Chișinăussa	–
elative	Chișinăusta	–
illative	Chișinăuhun	–
adessive	Chișinăulla	–
ablative	Chișinăulta	–
allative	Chișinăulle	–
essive	Chișinăuna	–
translative	Chișinăuksi	–
instructive	–	–
abessive	Chișinăutta	–
comitative	–	–

Synonyms

Kishinev (dated)

Romanian

Alternative forms

Кишинэу (post-1940s Cyrillic form)

Etymology

From Hungarian Kisjenő, derived from kis (“small”) +‎ Jenő (“Hungarian tribe”), compare the town of Chișineu in Romania. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)
Possibly from (Cuman) Kipchak kešene (“burial mound”), Karachay-Balkar kešene (“graveyard, cemetery”), ultimately from Persian ‎ (kâšâne).[1] Compare Bashkir кәшәнә (käşänä, “grave memorial”) and Kazakh кесене (kesene, “mausoleum”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [kiʃiˈnəu̯]
Audio (file)

Proper noun

Chișinău n (definite nominative/accusative Chișinăul, definite genitive/dative Chișinăului)

Chisinau (a municipality, the capital city of Moldova)

References

Lajos Kiss (Q1111850). Földrajzi nevek etimológiai szótára (’An Etymological Dictionary of Geographical Names / Toponyms’). Budapest, Akadémiai Kiadó, 1980. →ISBN, entry: Kisinyov.

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[1] Lajos Kiss (Q1111850). Földrajzi nevek etimológiai szótára (’An Etymological Dictionary of Geographical Names / Toponyms’). Budapest, Akadémiai Kiadó, 1980. →ISBN, entry: Kisinyov.