قسطنطنیه

See also: قسطنطنیہ

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic الْقُسْطَنْطِينِيَّة (al-qusṭanṭīniyya).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [qʊs.t̪ʰän̪.t̪ʰä.ni.jä]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [qʊs.t̪ʰän̪.t̪ʰä.ni.jä]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [qus.t̪ʰän̪.t̪ʰä.ni.jä]

Readings
Classical reading? qustantaniyya
Dari reading? qustantaniya
Iranian reading? ġostantaniye
Tajik reading? qustantaniya

Proper noun

Dari قسطنطنیه
Iranian Persian
Tajik Қустантания

قسطنطنیه • (qostantaniyye)

  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)

Descendants

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