Қустантиния

Tajik

Alternative forms

• Қустантания (Qustantaniya)

Etymology

Inherited from Classical Persian قُسْطَنْطِینِیَّه (qustantīniyya), from Arabic الْقُسْطَنْطِينِيَّة (al-qusṭanṭīniyya).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qustantinija/, [qus.t̪ʰän̪.t̪ʰi.ni.jä]

Proper noun

Қустантиния • (Qustantiniya) (Persian spelling قسطنطنیه or قسطنطینیه)

1. (historical) Constantinople (the former name, from 330–1930 C.E., of Istanbul, the largest city in Turkey; the former capital of the Ottoman Empire and of the Byzantine Empire before that)