Kostantiniye

Turkish

Alternative forms

• Konstantinopolis

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish قسطنطینیه (Kostantiniye), from Arabic القسطنطينية, a 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): /kostantinije/, [kʰostantinijɛ]

Proper noun

Kostantiniye

1. Constantinople (the former name of Istanbul, the largest city of Turkey)