Κωνσταντινούπολις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the phrase Κωνστᾰντῑ́νου (Kōnstăntī́nou, “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 • (Kōnstăntīnoúpolĭs) 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 Kōnstăntīnoúpolĭs
Genitive	τῆς Κωνστᾰντῑνουπόλεως tês Kōnstăntīnoupóleōs
Dative	τῇ Κωνστᾰντῑνουπόλει têi Kōnstăntīnoupólei
Accusative	τὴν Κωνστᾰντῑνούπολῐν tḕn Kōnstăntīnoúpolĭn
Vocative	Κωνστᾰντῑνούπολῐ Kōnstăntīnoúpolĭ

Synonyms

• Βασιλέως Πόλις (Basiléōs Pólis)

Derived terms

• Κωνστᾰντῑνουπολῑ́της (Kōnstăntīnoupolī́tēs)

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/:

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Proper noun

Κωνσταντινούπολις • (Konstantinoúpolis) f (Katharevousa)

1. Katharevousa form of Κωνσταντινούπολη (Konstantinoúpoli)

Declension

Identical to Koine Κωνσταντινούπολις (Kōnstantinoúpolis) inflection.

Declension of Κωνσταντινούπολις

	singular
nominative	Κωνσταντινούπολις (Konstantinoúpolis)
genitive	Κωνσταντινουπόλεως (Konstantinoupóleos)
accusative	Κωνσταντινούπολιν (Konstantinoúpolin)
vocative	Κωνσταντινούπολι (Konstantinoúpoli)

Dative case: τῇ Κωνσταντινουπόλει

Related terms

• see: Κωνσταντινούπολη (Konstantinoúpoli)