Цариград

Compounded from цар (car, “emperor”) +‎ град (grad, “city”), thus imperial city.

Possibly calqued after Ancient Greek Βασιλέως Πόλις (Basiléōs Pólis, “the city of the emperor”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡sariɡrɐt]
• Syllabification^(key): Ца‧ри‧град
• Hyphenation^(key): Ца‧риг‧рад

Ца́риград • (Cárigrad) m

1. (dated) Istanbul (the largest city in Turkey)
2. (archaic) Veliko Tarnovo

• Истанбу́л (Istanbúl)
• Константино́пол (Konstantinópol)
• Вели́ко Тъ́рново (Velíko Tǎ́rnovo)

цар (car, “emperor”) +‎ град (grad, “city”)

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡saɾiɡrat]
• Hyphenation: Ца‧ри‧град

Ца́риград • (Cárigrad) m (relational adjective цари́градски)

1. (dated) Istanbul (a city in Turkey)

• (modern): И́станбул m (Ístanbul)

• “Цариград” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu

From ца̏р (“emperor”) + гра̑д (“city”), probably calqued after Ancient Greek expression Βασιλέως Πόλις (Basiléōs Pólis, “the city of the emperor”).

• IPA^(key): /t͡sǎriɡraːd/
• Hyphenation: Ца‧ри‧град

Ца̀ригра̄д m inan (Latin spelling Càrigrād)

1. (uncountable, dated, language of literature) Istanbul (the largest city in Turkey)

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:Carigrad.

• (modern): Ѝстанбул