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 (the capital of the Byzantine Empire; contemporary Istanbul in 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] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 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:

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  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)