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
- Constantinople (the former name of Istanbul, the largest city of Turkey)
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 |
— |
Derived terms
- قُسْطَنْطِينِيّ (qusṭanṭīniyy)
Descendants
- → 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)
See also
- إِسْطَنْبُول
- بِيزَنْطَة (bīzanṭa)
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