Ἁγία Σοφία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Literally, “Holy Wisdom”

Pronunciation

(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈʝi.a soˈɸi.a/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈʝi.a soˈfi.a/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈʝi.a soˈfi.a/

Proper noun

Ἁγία Σοφία • (Hagía Sophía) f (genitive Ἁγίας Σοφίας); first declension

Hagia Sophia (former basilica, now a mosque in Turkey)

Descendants

Descendants

Greek: Αγία Σοφία (Agía Sofía)
→ English: Hagia Sophia
Albanian: → Ajasofja, → Shën Sofia (calque)
→ Arabic: آيَا صُوفِيَا (ʔāyā ṣūfiyā)
→ Bulgarian: Света София (Sveta Sofija) (calque)
→ Danish: Hagia Sophia
→ Finnish: Hagia Sofia
→ Georgian: აია-სოფია (aia-sopia)
→ German: Hagia Sophia
→ Hindi: हागिया सोफ़िया (hāgiyā sofiyā), आया सूफ़िया (āyā sūfiyā)
→ Hungarian: Hagia Szophia
→ Icelandic: Ægisif
→ Japanese: ハギアソフィア (Hagiasofia)
Latin: → Sancta Sapientia (calque), → Hagia Sophia
→ Persian: ایاصوفیه (ayâ sofiye)
→ Polish: Hagia Sofia
→ Portuguese: Hagia Sofia
Russian: → Свята́я Софи́я (Svjatája Sofíja) (calque), → Айя-София (Ajja-Sofija)
→ Serbo-Croatian: Aja Sofija
→ Spanish: Santa Sofía (calque)
→ Swedish: Hagia Sofia
→ Tamil: ஹேகியா சோபியா (hēkiyā cōpiyā)
→ Thai: สุเหร่าโซเฟีย (sùrào sohfia) (calque)
→ Ottoman Turkish: آیاصوفیه (Aya Sofya)
- Turkish: Ayasofya, Aya Sofya
→ Turkmen: Aýasofýa
→ Ukrainian: Ая-Софія (Aja-Sofija)
→ Urdu: آیا صُوفِیَہ (āyā sūfiya)
→ Vietnamese: Hagia Sophia