قسطنطنیہ

Punjabi

Etymology

Corrupted from Classical Persian قسطنطنیه (qustantaniya), from Arabic الْقُسْطَنْطِينِيَّة (al-qusṭanṭīniyya).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /qʊsᵊ.t̪ʊ̽nᵊ.t̪ʊ.ni.jaː/
  • Hyphenation: قُسْ‧طَنْ‧طُ‧نِ‧یَہ

Proper noun

قُسْطُنْطُنِیَہ • (qustuntuniyahm (Gurmukhi spelling ਕ਼ੁਸਤੁਨਤੁਨੀਆ)

  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)

Urdu

Etymology

Corrupted from Classical Persian قسطنطنیه (qustantaniya), from Arabic الْقُسْطَنْطِينِيَّة (al-qusṭanṭīniyya).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /qʊs.t̪ʊn.t̪ʊ.nɪ.jɑː/
  • Hyphenation: قُسْ‧طُنْ‧طُ‧نِ‧یَہ

Proper noun

قُسْطُنْطُنِیَہ • (qustuntuniyam (Hindi spelling क़ुस्तुंतुनिया)

  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)