القسطنطينية

Arabic

Etymology

Definite relative noun (nisba) composed of قُسْطَنْطِين (qusṭanṭīn, “Constantine”) +‎ ـِيَّة (-iyya). Probably an ellipsis of اَلْمَدِينَة الْقُسْطَنْطِينِيَّة (al-madīna l-qusṭanṭīniyya, “the city of Constantine”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /al.qus.tˤan.tˤiː.nij.ja/

Proper noun

اَلْقُسْطَنْطِينِيَّة • (al-qusṭanṭīniyya) f

  1. (historical) 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)

Declension

Declension of noun الْقُسْطَنْطِينِيَّة (al-qusṭanṭīniyya)
singular singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
indefinite definite construct
informal — الْقُسْطَنْطِينِيَّة
al-qusṭanṭīniyya 		—
nominative — الْقُسْطَنْطِينِيَّةُ
al-qusṭanṭīniyyatu 		—
accusative — الْقُسْطَنْطِينِيَّةَ
al-qusṭanṭīniyyata 		—
genitive — الْقُسْطَنْطِينِيَّةِ
al-qusṭanṭīniyyati 		—

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