Almaty

See also: Ałmaty and Almatý

English

Etymology

Transliteration from Kazakh Алматы (Almaty), which is an adjective form of алма (alma, “apple”).

Proper noun

Almaty

1. The largest city in and former (until 1998) capital of Kazakhstan, formerly known as Alma-Ata.
   • 2015 July 30, Jules Boykoff, “Beijing and Almaty contest Winter Olympics in human rights nightmare”, in The Guardian‎^[1], archived from the original on 29 September 2025:

     Unlike Uzbekistan, which unsuccessfully pursued the 2000 summer Games, the Almaty bid was crafted by wily veterans of the process.

3. A region of Kazakhstan. Capital: Qonayev.

Synonyms

• Verniy (official name until 1921)

Translations

city

• Altai:

  Southern Altai: Алма-Ата (Alma-Ata)

• Arabic: أَلْمَاتِي f (ʔalmātī)
• Armenian: Ալմաթի (Almatʻi)
• Azerbaijani: Almatı (az)
• Belarusian: Алматы́ m (Almatý)
• Bengali: আলমাটি (almaṭi)
• Bulgarian: Алмати́ (Almatí)
• Burmese: အော်လ်မေတီမြို့ (aulmetimrui.)
• Buryat: Альмата (Alʹmata), Алимта (Alimta)

  Old Buryat: ᠠᠯᠢᠮ᠎ᠠᠳᠤ (alim-adu)

• Chagatai: الماتو (ālmātū)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿拉木圖 / 阿拉木图 (zh) (Ālāmùtú)

• Esperanto: Almato
• Estonian: Almatõ
• Finnish: Almaty (fi)
• Gagauz: Almatı
• Georgian: ალმათი (almati)
• German: Almaty (de) n
• Greek: Αλμάτι (el) n (Almáti)
• Hindi: अलमाती (almātī)
• Hungarian: Almati (hu)
• Japanese: アルマトイ (ja) (Arumatoi)
• Kalmyk: Гурвн Альмта (Gurvn Alʹmta)
• Kazakh:

  Arabic: الماتى

  Cyrillic: Алматы (Almaty)

  Latin: Almaty (kk)

• Korean: 알마티 (ko) (Almati)
• Kyrgyz: Алмата (ky) (Almata)
• Latvian: Almati
• Lithuanian: Almata
• Mongolian: Алматы (Almaty), Алимтай (Alimtaj), Алимт (Alimt)

  Classical Mongolian: ᠠᠯᠢᠮ᠎ᠠᠳᠤ (alim-adu)

• Persian: آلماتی (âlmâti)
• Polish: Ałmaty (pl) f pl, Ałma Ata (pl) f
• Portuguese: Almaty f
• Romanian: Almatî
• Russian: Алматы́ (ru) m (Almatý) (official in Kazakhstan), Алма-Ата́ (ru) f (Alma-Atá) (official in Russia)
• Spanish: Almatý
• Swedish: Almaty
• Tajik: Амаато (Amaato), Алмати (Almat-i)
• Turkish: Almatı (tr)
• Turkmen: Almaty
• Ukrainian: Алмати́ m (Almatý)
• Uyghur:

  Arabic: ئالمۇتا (almuta)

  Cyrillic: Алмута (Almuta)

• Uzbek: Almati, Olmaota

Anagrams

• amytal

Kazakh

Alternative scripts

Arabic	الماتى
Cyrillic	Алматы
Latin	Almaty

Proper noun

Almaty

1. Latin spelling of Алматы (Almaty, “Almaty”).

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.maˈt͡ʃi/ [aʊ̯.maˈt͡ʃi]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /al.mɐˈti/ [aɫ.mɐˈti]

Proper noun

Almaty f

1. Almaty (a city in Kazakhstan)