Κωνσταντινούπολις
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From the phrase Κωνστᾰντῑ́νου (Kōnstăntī́nou, “Constantine's”, genitive) + πόλις (pólis, “city”).[1]
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 • (Kōnstăntīnoúpolĭs) f (genitive Κωνστᾰντῑνουπόλεως); third declension (Koine, Byzantine)
- Constantinople (the former name, from 330–1930 C.E., of Istanbul, the largest city in Turkey; the former capital of the Ottoman Empire and of the Byzantine Empire before that)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ Κωνστᾰντῑνούπολῐς hē Kōnstăntīnoúpolĭs |
| Genitive | τῆς Κωνστᾰντῑνουπόλεως tês Kōnstăntīnoupóleōs |
| Dative | τῇ Κωνστᾰντῑνουπόλει tēî Kōnstăntīnoupólei |
| Accusative | τὴν Κωνστᾰντῑνούπολῐν tḕn Kōnstăntīnoúpolĭn |
| Vocative | Κωνστᾰντῑνούπολῐ Kōnstăntīnoúpolĭ |
Synonyms
- Βασιλέως Πόλις (Basiléōs Pólis)
Derived terms
- Κωνστᾰντῑνουπολῑ́της (Kōnstăntīnoupolī́tēs)
Descendants
- > Greek: Κωνσταντινούπολη (Konstantinoúpoli) (inherited)
- → Arabic: الْقُسْطَنْطِينِيَّة (al-qusṭanṭīniyya)
- → Azerbaijani: Qüstəntiniyyə
- → Malay: قسطنطینیه, Kustantiniyah
- → Ottoman Turkish: قسطنطینیه (Kostantiniyye)
- → Classical Persian: قسطنطنیه (qustantaniya)
- → Bengali: কুস্তুন্তুনিয়া (kustuntuniẏa)
- → Hindustani:
- Hindi: क़ुस्तुंतुनिया (qustuntuniyā)
- Urdu: قسطنطنیہ (qustuntuniyā)
- → Uzbek: Qustantiniya
- → Urdu: قُسْطَنْطِینِیَہ (qusṭanṭīniya)
- → Latin: Cōnstantīnopolis
- → French: Constantinople
- → Korean: 콘스탄티노폴리스 (konseutantinopolliseu)
- → English: Constantinople
- → Old Armenian: Կոստանդնուպօլիս (Kostandnupōlis), Կոստանդինուպօլիս (Kostandinupōlis), Կոստանդնապօլիս (Kostandnapōlis), Կոստանդնուպոլիս (Kostandnupolis), Կոստանդնուպաւլիս (Kostandnupawlis)
- Armenian: Կոստանդնուպոլիս (Kostandnupolis)
- → Russian: Константинополь (Konstantinopolʹ)
- → Turkish: Konstantinopolis
References
- ^ Κωνσταντινούπολη - Κωνσταντινούπολις - Babiniotis, Georgios (2002) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας: […] [Dictionary of Modern Greek (language)] (in Greek), 2nd edition, Athens: Kentro Lexikologias [Lexicology Centre], 1st edition 1998, →ISBN.
Further reading
- Κωνσταντινούπολις, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
Greek
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Koine Greek Κωνσταντινούπολις. Compare to Standard Modern Greek Κωνσταντινούπολη (Konstantinoúpoli).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kon.stan.diˈnu.po.lis/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: Κων‧στα‧ντι‧νού‧πο‧λις
- Homophone: Κωνσταντινούπολης (Konstantinoúpolis)
Also
Audio (phrase); “Κωνσταντίνου πόλις” (“Konstantínou pólis”) /kon.stan.diˈnu ˈpo.lis/: (file)
Proper noun
Κωνσταντινούπολις • (Konstantinoúpolis) f (Katharevousa)
- Katharevousa form of Κωνσταντινούπολη (Konstantinoúpoli)
Declension
Identical to Koine Κωνσταντινούπολις (Kōnstantinoúpolis) inflection.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Κωνσταντινούπολις (Konstantinoúpolis) |
| genitive | Κωνσταντινουπόλεως (Konstantinoupóleos) |
| accusative | Κωνσταντινούπολιν (Konstantinoúpolin) |
| vocative | Κωνσταντινούπολι (Konstantinoúpoli) |
Dative case: τῇ Κωνσταντινουπόλει
Related terms
- see: Κωνσταντινούπολη (Konstantinoúpoli)