استانبول

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Arabic

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Proper noun

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اِسْتَانْبُول (ʾistanbūlf

  1. Alternative spelling of إِسْتَانْبُول (ʔistanbūl)

Ottoman Turkish

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Istanbul province

Etymology

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From a corruption of Byzantine Greek εἰς τὴν Πόλιν (eis tḕn Pólin, to the City), which is how Constantinople was referred to by the local Greeks.

Proper noun

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استانبول (İstanbul)

  1. Istanbul (a city and province in Istanbul region, Turkey)

Synonyms

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Descendants

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  • English: Stambul, Stamboul
  • Turkish: İstanbul
  • Indonesian: Stambul, stambul

Further reading

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Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Byzantine Greek εἰς τὴν Πόλιν (eis tḕn Pólin, to the City), perhaps through Arabic.

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? istāmbūl
Dari reading? istāmbul
Iranian reading? estâmbol
Tajik reading? istombul

Proper noun

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Dari استانبول
Iranian Persian
Tajik Истонбул

استانبول (estânbol)

  1. Istanbul (a major city and province of Turkey)
    Synonym: قسطنطنیه (qostantaniyye, Constantinople)
    • c. 1060, Nāṣir-i Khusraw, Safarnāma [Book of Travels]‎[5]:
      و آنجا یعنی بر آن مناره آیینه‌ای حراقه ساخته بودند که هر کشتی رومیان که از استانبول می‌آمدی چون به مقابله آن رسیدی آتشی از آن آینه افتادی و بسوختی.
      w-ānjā ya'nī bar ān munāra āyīna'ē harrāqa sāxta būdand ki har kaštī-yi rūmīyān ki az istānbūl mē-āmadē čōn ba muqābila-yi ān rasīdē ātišē az ān āyīna uftādē u bisōxtē.
      And there, that is to say on that lighthouse, a Mirror of Fireships had been constructed so that any Roman [Byzantine] ship which came from Constantinople would catch fire from that mirror when it passed in front of it and be burnt.