Қустантиния

Tajik

Alternative forms

  • Қустантания (Qustantaniya)

Etymology

Inherited from Classical Persian قُسْطَنْطِینِیَّه (qustantīniyya), from Arabic الْقُسْطَنْطِينِيَّة (al-qusṭanṭīniyya).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /qustantinija/, [qus.t̪ʰän̪.t̪ʰi.ni.jä]

Proper noun

Қустантиния • (Qustantiniya) (Persian spelling قسطنطنیه or قسطنطینیه)

  1. (historical) Constantinople (the former name, from 330–1930 C.E., of Istanbul, the largest city in Turkey; the former capital of the Ottoman Empire and of the Byzantine Empire before that)
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