Κωνσταντινούπολις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the phrase Κωνστᾰντῑ́νου (Kōnstantī́nou, “Constantine's”, genitive) +‎ πόλις (pólis, “city”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kons.tan.tiˈnu.po.lis/ → /kons.tan.diˈnu.po.lis/

• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kons.tan.tiˈnu.po.lis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kons.tan.tiˈnu.po.lis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kons.tan.diˈnu.po.lis/

Proper noun

Κωνστᾰντῑνούπολῐς • (Kōnstantīnoúpolis) f (genitive Κωνστᾰντῑνουπόλεως); third declension (Koine, Byzantine)

1. Constantinople; contemporary İstanbul, Turkey

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Κωνστᾰντῑνούπολῐς; τῆς Κωνστᾰντῑνουπόλεως (Koine)

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)

    • Dari: قسطنطنیه (qustantaniya)
    • Iranian Persian: قسطنطنیه (qostantaniye)
    • Tajik: Қустантиния (Qustantiniya), Қустантания (Qustantaniya)
  • → 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

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

• Audio (phrase); “Κωνσταντίνου πόλις” (“Konstantínou pólis”) /kon.stan.diˈnu ˈpo.lis/:

  (file)

Proper noun

Κωνσταντινούπολις • (Konstantinoúpolis) f (Katharevousa)

1. 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)