استنبول

Urdu

Etymology

Influenced by a number of languages, including Arabic إِسْطَنْبُول (ʔisṭanbūl) and English Istanbul.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɪs.t̪əm.boːl/

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• Rhymes: -oːl
• Hyphenation: اِسْ‧تَن٘‧بول

Proper noun

اِسْتَن٘بول • (istaṉbol) m (Hindi spelling इस्तांबुल)

1. Istanbul (a major city and province of Turkey).
   • c. 1870, امین الدین خان ابن ابو المکارم ہروی [Amīn al-Dīn Khān ibn Abū al-Makārim Haravī], translated by مہدی علی خان [Mehdi Ali Khan], مطلع العجائب [Mat̤laʿ al-ʿajāʼib]‎^[1], Lucknow: منشی نول کشور [Munshī Naval Kishor], →OCLC, page 155:

     اور قسطنطینیہ ہے جو اس زمانہ میں استنبول کہلاتا ہے

     aur qust̤ant̤īniyah hai jo is zamānah meṉ istaṉbol kahlātā hai

     And Constantinople, which is known as Istanbul in this era

See also

• قُسْطُنْطُنِیَہ (qust̤unt̤uniyah, “Constantinople”)

Further reading

• “استنبول”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.