Цариград
Bulgarian
editEtymology
editCompounded from цар (car, “emperor”) + град (grad, “city”), thus imperial city.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editЦариград • (Carigrad) m
- (dated) Istanbul (the largest city in Turkey)
- (archaic) Veliko Tarnovo
See also
edit- Истанбул (Istanbul)
- Константинопол (Konstantinopol)
- Велико Търново (Veliko Tǎrnovo)
Macedonian
editEtymology
editцар (car, “emperor”) + град (grad, “city”)
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editЦа́риград • (Cárigrad) m (relational adjective цари́градски)
Synonyms
edit- (modern): И́станбул m (Ístanbul)
References
edit- “Цариград” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu
Serbo-Croatian
editEtymology
editFrom ца̏р (“emperor”) + гра̑д (“city”), probably calqued after Ancient Greek expression Βασιλέως Πόλις (Basiléōs Pólis, “the city of the emperor”).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editЦа̀ригра̄д m (Latin spelling Càrigrād)
- (uncountable, dated, language of literature) Istanbul (the largest city in Turkey)
Declension
editDeclension of Цариград
singular | |
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nominative | Цариград |
genitive | Цариграда |
dative | Цариграду |
accusative | Цариград |
vocative | Цариграде |
locative | Цариграду |
instrumental | Цариградом |
Quotations
edit- For quotations using this term, see Citations:Carigrad.
Synonyms
edit- (modern): Ѝстанбул
Categories:
- Bulgarian compound terms
- Bulgarian lemmas
- Bulgarian proper nouns
- Bulgarian masculine nouns
- Bulgarian dated terms
- bg:Istanbul
- bg:Cities in Turkey
- bg:Places in Turkey
- Bulgarian terms with archaic senses
- Macedonian compound terms
- Macedonian 3-syllable words
- Macedonian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Macedonian proparoxytone terms
- Macedonian lemmas
- Macedonian proper nouns
- Macedonian masculine nouns
- Macedonian dated terms
- mk:Istanbul
- mk:Cities in Turkey
- mk:Places in Turkey
- Serbo-Croatian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Serbo-Croatian lemmas
- Serbo-Croatian proper nouns
- Serbo-Croatian masculine nouns
- Serbo-Croatian uncountable nouns
- Serbo-Croatian dated terms
- sh:Istanbul
- sh:Cities in Turkey
- sh:Places in Turkey