Царгород

Ukrainian

Etymology

From цар (car, “emperor”) + город (horod, “city”), probably calqued after Ancient Greek expression Βασιλέως Πόλις (Basiléōs Pólis, “the city of the emperor”). Compare Bulgarian Цариград (Carigrad), Macedonian Цариград (Carigrad), Serbo-Croatian Цариград.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡sarɦɔrɔd]

Proper noun

Ца́ргород • (Cárhorod) m inan (genitive Ца́ргорода, uncountable, relational adjective ца́ргородський)

1. (obsolete, language of literature) Istanbul, Constantinople (the largest city in Turkey)

Declension

Declension of Ца́ргород (inan sg-only hard masc-form accent-a)

	singular
nominative	Ца́ргород Cárhorod
genitive	Ца́ргорода Cárhoroda
dative	Ца́ргороду Cárhorodu
accusative	Ца́ргород Cárhorod
instrumental	Ца́ргородом Cárhorodom
locative	Ца́ргороду, Ца́ргороді Cárhorodu, Cárhorodi
vocative	Ца́ргороде Cárhorode

Synonyms

• (historical): Константино́поль (Konstantynópolʹ)
• (modern): Стамбу́л (Stambúl)

References

• “Царгород”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)