Chișinău

See also: Chisinau

English

Alternative forms

• Chisinau
• Kishinyov, Kishinev (dated, via Russian)

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Chișinău.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkɪʃɪˈnaʊ/
• Rhymes: -aʊ

Proper noun

Chișinău

1. A municipality, the capital city of Moldova.

Translations

capital city and a municipality of Moldova

• Afrikaans: Kisjinau
• Albanian: Kishinau
• Amharic: ኪሺንው (kišinw)
• Arabic: كِيشِينَاو f (kišināw), كِيشِينِيف f (kīšīnīf)
• Armenian: Քիշնեւ (Kʻišnew)
• Asturian: Quixináu
• Azerbaijani: Kişinyov
• Belarusian: Кішынёў m (Kišynjóŭ)
• Bengali: কিশিনাউ (kiśinau)
• Bulgarian: Кишине́в m (Kišinév), Кишине́у (Kišinéu)
• Burmese: ချီဆီနောမြို့ (hkyihcinau:mrui.)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 基希訥烏 / 基希讷乌 (gei¹ hei¹ nat⁶ wu¹)

  Mandarin: 基希訥烏 / 基希讷乌 (zh) (Jīxīnèwū)

• Czech: Kišiněv (cs) m
• Danish: Chișinău n
• Dutch: Chisinau n
• Esperanto: Kiŝinevo (eo)
• Estonian: Chișinău (et), Kišinjov (dated)
• Farefare: Kisinau
• Finnish: Chișinău (fi); Chisinau (simplified); Kishinev (dated)
• French: Chișinău (fr) m, Chisinau (fr) m, Kichinev (fr) f
• Gagauz: Kişinöv
• Georgian: კიშინიოვი (ka) (ḳišiniovi)
• German: Kischinau (de) n, Chișinău (de) n
• Greek: Κισινάου (el) n (Kisináou)
• Hebrew: קִישִׁינֶב f
• Hindi: चिसिनाऊ m (cisināū)
• Hungarian: Chișinău (hu)
• Icelandic: Kisínev
• Indonesian: Chișinău
• Irish: Císineá f
• Italian: Chisinau, Chișinău
• Japanese: キシナウ (ja) (Kishinau), キシニョフ (Kishinyofu)
• Kazakh: Кишинев (Kişinev), Кишинёв (Kişinev)
• Khmer: ជីស៊ីណូ (km) (ciisiinou)
• Korean: 키시너우 (ko) (Kisineou), 키시뇨프 (Kisinyopeu)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Chișinău

• Kyrgyz: Кишинёв (Kişinyov)
• Lao: ຊີຊືເນົາ (sī sư̄ nao)
• Latvian: Kišiņeva f
• Lithuanian: Kišiniovas m
• Macedonian: Киши́нев m (Kišínev)
• Malay: Chișinău
• Maltese: Ċisinaw
• Marathi: किशिनाऊ n (kiśināū)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Кишинёв (Kišinjov)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Chișinău (no)

• Pashto: کیشیناو
• Persian: کیشینف (kišinef), کیشیناو (kišinâv)
• Polish: Kiszyniów (pl) m
• Portuguese: Quixinau (pt)
• Romanian: Chișinău (ro) n

  Cyrillic: Кишинэу n (Chișinău)

• Russian: Кишинёв (ru) m (Kišinjóv)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Кишињев m

  Roman: Kišinjev m

• Slovak: Kišiňov m
• Slovene: Kišinjev m
• Spanish: Chisinau m
• Swedish: Chișinău (sv) n, Kishinev n, Kisjinjov n
• Tagalog: Chișinău
• Tajik: Кишинёв (Kišinyov)
• Tamil: கிசினோவ் (kiciṉōv)
• Tatar: Кишинёв (Kişinyow)
• Thai: คีชีเนา (kii-chii-nao)
• Turkish: Kişinev (tr)
• Turkmen: Kişinýow
• Ukrainian: Кишині́в (uk) m (Kyšynív)
• Urdu: کیشیناو m (kiśināū)
• Uyghur: كىشىنېۋ (kishinëw)
• Uzbek: Kishinyov
• Vietnamese: Ki-si-nhốp, Ki-si-nô
• Yiddish: קעשענעוו n (keshenev)

Estonian

Etymology

From Romanian Chișinău.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkiʃinøu/, [ˈkiʃiˌnøu]
• Rhymes: -øu
• Hyphenation: Chi‧și‧nău

Proper noun

Chișinău (genitive Chișinău, partitive Chișinăud)

1. Chișinău (a municipality, the capital city of Moldova)

Declension

Declension of Chișinău (ÕS type 26/koi, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		Chișinău	—
accusative	nom.
	gen.	Chișinău
genitive			—
partitive		Chișinăud	—
illative		Chișinăusse	—
inessive		Chișinăus	—
elative		Chișinăust	—
allative		Chișinăule	—
adessive		Chișinăul	—
ablative		Chișinăult	—
translative		Chișinăuks	—
terminative		Chișinăuni	—
essive		Chișinăuna	—
abessive		Chișinăuta	—
comitative		Chișinăuga	—

Synonyms

• Kišinjov (dated, Russicism)

References

• Chișinău in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

Finnish

Etymology

From Romanian Chișinău.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkiʃinɑu̯/, [ˈk̟iʃinɑ̝u̯]
• Rhymes: -iʃinɑu

Proper noun

Chișinău

1. Chișinău (capital city of Moldova)

Usage notes

• When the correct special characters are not available, the simplified spelling Chisinau is used.

Declension

Inflection of Chișinău (Kotus type 21/rosé, no gradation)
nominative		Chișinău	—
genitive		Chișinăun	—
partitive		Chișinăuta	—
illative		Chișinăuhun	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Chișinău	—
accusative	nom.	Chișinău	—
	gen.	Chișinăun
genitive		Chișinăun	—
partitive		Chișinăuta	—
inessive		Chișinăussa	—
elative		Chișinăusta	—
illative		Chișinăuhun	—
adessive		Chișinăulla	—
ablative		Chișinăulta	—
allative		Chișinăulle	—
essive		Chișinăuna	—
translative		Chișinăuksi	—
abessive		Chișinăutta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Chișinău (Kotus type 21/rosé, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Chișinăuni — accusative nom. Chișinăuni — gen. Chișinăuni genitive Chișinăuni — partitive Chișinăutani — inessive Chișinăussani — elative Chișinăustani — illative Chișinăuhuni — adessive Chișinăullani — ablative Chișinăultani — allative Chișinăulleni — essive Chișinăunani — translative Chișinăukseni — abessive Chișinăuttani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Chișinăusi — accusative nom. Chișinăusi — gen. Chișinăusi genitive Chișinăusi — partitive Chișinăutasi — inessive Chișinăussasi — elative Chișinăustasi — illative Chișinăuhusi — adessive Chișinăullasi — ablative Chișinăultasi — allative Chișinăullesi — essive Chișinăunasi — translative Chișinăuksesi — abessive Chișinăuttasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Chișinăumme — accusative nom. Chișinăumme — gen. Chișinăumme genitive Chișinăumme — partitive Chișinăutamme — inessive Chișinăussamme — elative Chișinăustamme — illative Chișinăuhumme — adessive Chișinăullamme — ablative Chișinăultamme — allative Chișinăullemme — essive Chișinăunamme — translative Chișinăuksemme — abessive Chișinăuttamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Chișinăunne — accusative nom. Chișinăunne — gen. Chișinăunne genitive Chișinăunne — partitive Chișinăutanne — inessive Chișinăussanne — elative Chișinăustanne — illative Chișinăuhunne — adessive Chișinăullanne — ablative Chișinăultanne — allative Chișinăullenne — essive Chișinăunanne — translative Chișinăuksenne — abessive Chișinăuttanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Chișinăunsa — accusative nom. Chișinăunsa — gen. Chișinăunsa genitive Chișinăunsa — partitive Chișinăutaan Chișinăutansa — inessive Chișinăussaan Chișinăussansa — elative Chișinăustaan Chișinăustansa — illative Chișinăuhunsa — adessive Chișinăullaan Chișinăullansa — ablative Chișinăultaan Chișinăultansa — allative Chișinăulleen Chișinăullensa — essive Chișinăunaan Chișinăunansa — translative Chișinăukseen Chișinăuksensa — abessive Chișinăuttaan Chișinăuttansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Synonyms

• Kishinev (dated)

Romanian

Alternative forms

• Кишинэу (Chișinău) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling

Etymology

• From Hungarian Kisjenő, derived from kis (“small”) +‎ Jenő (“Hungarian tribe”), compare the town of Chișineu-Criș in Romania. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)
• Possibly from (Cuman) Kipchak kešene (“burial mound”), Karachay-Balkar kešene (“graveyard, cemetery”), ultimately from Persian کاشانه (kâšâne). Compare Bashkir кәшәнә (kəşənə, “grave memorial”) and Kazakh кесене (kesene, “mausoleum”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kiʃiˈnəu̯]

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Chișinău n (definite nominative/accusative Chișinăul, definite genitive/dative Chișinăului)

1. Chișinău (a municipality, the capital city of Moldova)

Declension

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	Chișinău	Chișinăul
genitive-dative	Chișinău	Chișinăului
vocative	Chișinăule