Белград

See also: Београд and Бялград

Bulgarian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-

Proto-Slavic *bělъ

Old Church Slavonic бѣлъ (bělŭ)

Bulgarian бял (bjal)

Bulgarian град (grad)

univ.

Bulgarian Белград

Univerbation of бял (bjal, “white”) + град (grad, “fort, town”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɛɫɡrɐt]

• Audio (Standard Bulgarian, l-vocalization):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛɫɡrɐt
• Syllabification^(key): Бел‧град

Proper noun

Бе́лград • (Bélgrad) m

1. (toponym)
   1. Belgrade (the capital city of Serbia)
   2. (historical) Alba Iulia (a city in Romania)

      alternative form of Алба Юлия (Alba Julija)

   3. (historical) Berat (a city in Albania)

      alternative form of Берат (Berat)

Related terms

• Белоградчик (Belogradčik) (a town in Northwestern Bulgaria)
• Белгород (Belgorod) (a city in Southwestern Russia)
• Днестърски Белгород (Dnestărski Belgorod) (a town in Southern Ukraine, at the mouth of Dniester)

Kazakh

Alternative scripts

Arabic	بەلگراد
Cyrillic	Белград
Latin	Belgrad

Proper noun

Белград • (Belgrad)

1. Belgrade (the capital city of Serbia)

Macedonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɛɫɡrat]
• Hyphenation: Бел‧град

Proper noun

Бе́лград • (Bélgrad) m

1. Belgrade (the capital city of Serbia)
2. Berat (a city in Albania)

   alternative form of Берат (Berat)

Derived terms

• белгра́ѓанец m (belgráǵanec), белгра́ѓанка f (belgráǵanka)
• бе́лградски (bélgradski)

Related terms

• Бе́лгород m (Bélgorod)

References

• “Белград”, in Правопис на македонскиот јазик (Pravopis na makedonskiot jazik) [Orthography of the Macedonian language]‎^[1] (in Macedonian), 2nd edition, Skopje: Institute of Macedonian language "Krste Misirkov" – Skopje, 2017, page 292
• “Белград” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu

Russian

Alternative forms

• Бѣлгра́дъ (Bělgrád) — pre-1918 spelling

Etymology

Borrowing from a South Slavic language. Doublet of Бе́лгород (Bélgorod).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bʲɪɫˈɡrat]

• Audio:

  (file)

Proper noun

Белгра́д • (Belgrád) m inan (genitive Белгра́да)

1. Belgrade (the capital city of Serbia)

Declension

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

	singular
nominative	Белгра́д Belgrád
genitive	Белгра́да Belgráda
dative	Белгра́ду Belgrádu
accusative	Белгра́д Belgrád
instrumental	Белгра́дом Belgrádom
prepositional	Белгра́де Belgráde

See also

• Се́рбия f (Sérbija)

Ukrainian

Alternative forms

• Бе́оґрад (Béograd) — 1928–1933 spelling
• Бєлгра́д (Bjelhrád), Белґра́д (Belgrád), Бєлґра́д (Bjelgrád), Білгра́д (Bilhrád), Білґра́д (Bilgrád)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [beɫˈɦrad]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ad
• Hyphenation: Бел‧град

Proper noun

Белгра́д • (Belhrád) m inan (genitive Белгра́да, uncountable)

1. Belgrade (the capital city of Serbia)

Declension

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

	singular
nominative	Белгра́д Belhrád
genitive	Белгра́да Belhráda
dative	Белгра́дові, Белгра́ду Belhrádovi, Belhrádu
accusative	Белгра́д Belhrád
instrumental	Белгра́дом Belhrádom
locative	Белгра́ду, Белгра́ді Belhrádu, Belhrádi
vocative	Белгра́де Belhráde

References

• “Белград”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horox – Slovozmina, Horokh – Inflection]‎^[2]