Κωνσταντινούπολις
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From the phrase Κωνστᾰντῑ́νου (Kōnstantī́nou, “Constantine's”, genitive) + πόλις (pólis, “city”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /kons.tan.tiˈnu.po.lis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /kons.tan.tiˈnu.po.lis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /kons.tan.diˈnu.po.lis/
Proper noun
Κωνστᾰντῑνούπολῐς • (Kōnstantīnoúpolis) f (genitive Κωνστᾰντῑνουπόλεως); third declension (Koine, Byzantine)
- Constantinople; contemporary İstanbul, Turkey
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ Κωνστᾰντῑνούπολῐς hē Kōnstantīnoúpolis |
| Genitive | τῆς Κωνστᾰντῑνουπόλεως tês Kōnstantīnoupóleōs |
| Dative | τῇ Κωνστᾰντῑνουπόλει têi Kōnstantīnoupólei |
| Accusative | τὴν Κωνστᾰντῑνούπολῐν tḕn Kōnstantīnoúpolin |
| Vocative | Κωνστᾰντῑνούπολῐ Kōnstantīnoúpoli |
Synonyms
- Βασιλέως Πόλις (Basiléōs Pólis)
Derived terms
- Κωνστᾰντῑνουπολῑ́της (Kōnstantīnoupolī́tēs)
Descendants
- > Greek: Κωνσταντινούπολη (Konstantinoúpoli) (inherited)
- → Arabic: الْقُسْطَنْطِينِيَّة (al-qusṭanṭīniyya)
- → Azerbaijani: Qüstəntiniyyə
- → Malay: قسطنطینیه, Kustantiniyah
- → Ottoman Turkish: قسطنطینیه (Kostantiniyye)
- → Classical Persian: قسطنطنیه (qustantaniya)
- → Bengali: কুস্তুন্তুনিয়া (kustuntuniẏa)
- → Hindustani:
- Hindi: क़ुस्तुंतुनिया (qustuntuniyā)
- Urdu: قسطنطنیہ (qustuntuniyā)
- → Uzbek: Qustantiniya
- → Urdu: قُسْطَنْطِینِیَہ (qusṭanṭīniya)
- → Latin: Cōnstantīnopolis
- → French: Constantinople
- → Korean: 콘스탄티노폴리스 (konseutantinopolliseu)
- → English: Constantinople
- → Old Armenian: Կոստանդնուպօլիս (Kostandnupōlis), Կոստանդինուպօլիս (Kostandinupōlis), Կոստանդնապօլիս (Kostandnapōlis), Կոստանդնուպոլիս (Kostandnupolis), Կոստանդնուպաւլիս (Kostandnupawlis)
- Armenian: Կոստանդնուպոլիս (Kostandnupolis)
- → Russian: Константинополь (Konstantinopolʹ)
- → Turkish: Konstantinopolis
References
- Κωνσταντινούπολη - Κωνσταντινούπολις - Babiniotis, Georgios (2002) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας: […] [Dictionary of Modern Greek (language)] (in Greek), 2nd edition, Athens: Kentro Lexikologias [Lexicology Centre], 1st edition 1998, →ISBN.
Further reading
- “Κωνσταντινούπολις”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
Greek
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Koine Greek Κωνσταντινούπολις. Compare to Standard Modern Greek Κωνσταντινούπολη (Konstantinoúpoli).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kon.stan.diˈnu.po.lis/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: Κων‧στα‧ντι‧νού‧πο‧λις
- Homophone: Κωνσταντινούπολης (Konstantinoúpolis)
Also
(phrase): Κωνσταντίνου πόλις IPA(key): /kon.stan.diˈnu ˈpo.lis/Audio (file)
Proper noun
Κωνσταντινούπολις • (Konstantinoúpolis) f (Katharevousa)
- Katharevousa form of Κωνσταντινούπολη (Konstantinoúpoli)
Declension
Identical to Koine Κωνσταντινούπολις (Kōnstantinoúpolis) inflection.
Κωνσταντινούπολις
| case \ number | singular | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Κωνσταντινούπολις • | |
| genitive | Κωνσταντινουπόλεως • | |
| accusative | Κωνσταντινούπολιν • | |
| vocative | Κωνσταντινούπολι • | |
| Dative case: τῇ Κωνσταντινουπόλει | ||
Related terms
- see: Κωνσταντινούπολη (Konstantinoúpoli)
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