Kostantiniye

Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish قسطنطینیه (Kostantiniye), from Arabic القسطنطينية, a definite relative noun from قُسْطَنْطِين (qusṭanṭīn, “Constantine”). Probably an ellipsis of اَلْمَدِينَة الْقُسْطَنْطِينِيَّة (al-madīna l-qusṭanṭīniyya, “the city of Constantine”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kos.tan.tiˈni.je/

Proper noun

Kostantiniye

  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)
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