Нұр-Сұлтан

See also: Нұрсұлтан

Kazakh

Alternative scripts

Arabic	نۇر-سۇلتان
Cyrillic	Нұр-Сұлтан
Latin	Nūr-Sūltan

Etymology

From the name Нұрсұлтан (Nūrsūltan), after Nursultan Nazarbayev. The name in turn has Arabic components نُور (nūr, “light”) and سُلْطَان (sulṭān, “sultan”).

Proper noun

Нұр-Сұлтан • (Nūr-Sūltan)

1. Nur-Sultan (former name of Astana: the capital city of Kazakhstan, used from 2019 to 2022)