Pristina

See also: pristina, prístina, and Priština

English

Alternative forms

• Prishtina, Priština

Etymology

Borrowed from Albanian Prishtina.

Proper noun

Pristina

1. The capital and largest city of Kosovo.
2. A district of Kosovo.
3. A municipality of Kosovo.

Translations

capital and largest city of Kosovo

• Afrikaans: Pristina
• Albanian: Prishtina (sq) f (definite), Prishtinë f (indefinite)
• Amharic: ፕርሽቲና (pəršətina)
• Arabic: بْرِشْتِينَا f (brištīnā)
• Armenian: Պրիշտինա (Priština)
• Asturian: Prixtina (ast), Prístina (ast)
• Azerbaijani: Priştina (az)
• Belarusian: Пры́шціна f (Prýšcina)
• Bengali: প্রিশ্তিনা (priśtina)
• Bulgarian: При́щина f (Príština)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 普里什蒂納 (zh) (Pǔlǐshídìnà)

• Czech: Priština (cs) f
• Danish: Pristina n
• Dutch: Pristina (nl) n
• Esperanto: Priŝtino (eo)
• Estonian: Priština
• Finnish: Pristina
• French: Pristina (fr) f
• Georgian: პრიშტინა (ka) (ṗrišṭina)
• German: Pristina (de) n
• Greek: Πρίστινα (el) (Prístina)
• Hebrew: פרישטינה f
• Hindi: प्रिस्टिना m (prisṭinā), प्रिश्टिना m (priśṭinā), प्रिश्तिना m (priśtinā)
• Hungarian: Prishtina
• Indonesian: Pristina
• Italian: Pristina f
• Japanese: プリシュティナ (ja) (Purishutina)
• Kazakh: Приштина (Priştina)
• Khmer: ព្រីស្ទីណា (km) (priistiinaa)
• Korean: 프리슈티나 (Peurisyutina)
• Kyrgyz: Приштина (ky) (Priştina)
• Latvian: Priština f
• Lithuanian: Priština f
• Macedonian: Приштина f (Priština)
• Maltese: Pristina
• Marathi: प्रिश्टिना n (priśṭinā)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Приштина (Priština)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Priština

• Pannonian Rusyn: Приштина f (Priština)
• Persian: پریشتینا (perištinâ)
• Polish: Prisztina (pl) f
• Portuguese: Pristina (pt)
• Romanian: Priștina
• Russian: При́штина (ru) f (Príština)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Прѝштина f

  Latin: Prìština (sh) f

• Slovak: Priština f
• Slovene: Priština f
• Spanish: Pristina (es) f
• Swedish: Pristina (sv) n
• Tajik: Приштина (Priština)
• Tatar: Приштина (Priştina)
• Thai: พริชตีนา (prích-dtii-naa)
• Tibetan: པི་རི་སི་ཊི་ན (pi ri si ṭi na)
• Turkish: Priştine (tr)
• Turkmen: Priştina
• Ukrainian: При́штина f (Prýštyna)
• Urdu: پریشتینا m (priśtinā)
• Uzbek: Prishtina
• Vietnamese: Pri-xti-na

district

• Albanian: Prishtina (sq) f (definite), Prishtinë f (indefinite)
• Bengali: প্রিশ্তিনা জেলা (priśtina jela)
• Marathi: प्रिश्टिना m (priśṭinā)

Further reading

• “Pristina, Prishtina, Priština”, in Google Books Ngram Viewer.
• “Pristina”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• Pristina on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• stiparin, traipsin'

Afrikaans

Etymology

Borrowed from Albanian Prishtina.

Proper noun

Pristina

1. Pristina (the capital city of Kosovo)
2. Pristina (a district of Kosovo)

Finnish

Etymology

From Albanian Prishtina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpristinɑ/, [ˈpris̠tinɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -istinɑ
• Syllabification^(key): Pris‧ti‧na
• Hyphenation^(key): Pris‧ti‧na

Proper noun

Pristina

1. Pristina (the capital city of Kosovo)
2. Pristina (a district of Kosovo)

Declension

Inflection of Pristina (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		Pristina	—
genitive		Pristinan	—
partitive		Pristinaa	—
illative		Pristinaan	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Pristina	—
accusative	nom.	Pristina	—
	gen.	Pristinan
genitive		Pristinan	—
partitive		Pristinaa	—
inessive		Pristinassa	—
elative		Pristinasta	—
illative		Pristinaan	—
adessive		Pristinalla	—
ablative		Pristinalta	—
allative		Pristinalle	—
essive		Pristinana	—
translative		Pristinaksi	—
abessive		Pristinatta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Pristina (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Pristinani — accusative nom. Pristinani — gen. Pristinani genitive Pristinani — partitive Pristinaani — inessive Pristinassani — elative Pristinastani — illative Pristinaani — adessive Pristinallani — ablative Pristinaltani — allative Pristinalleni — essive Pristinanani — translative Pristinakseni — abessive Pristinattani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Pristinasi — accusative nom. Pristinasi — gen. Pristinasi genitive Pristinasi — partitive Pristinaasi — inessive Pristinassasi — elative Pristinastasi — illative Pristinaasi — adessive Pristinallasi — ablative Pristinaltasi — allative Pristinallesi — essive Pristinanasi — translative Pristinaksesi — abessive Pristinattasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Pristinamme — accusative nom. Pristinamme — gen. Pristinamme genitive Pristinamme — partitive Pristinaamme — inessive Pristinassamme — elative Pristinastamme — illative Pristinaamme — adessive Pristinallamme — ablative Pristinaltamme — allative Pristinallemme — essive Pristinanamme — translative Pristinaksemme — abessive Pristinattamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Pristinanne — accusative nom. Pristinanne — gen. Pristinanne genitive Pristinanne — partitive Pristinaanne — inessive Pristinassanne — elative Pristinastanne — illative Pristinaanne — adessive Pristinallanne — ablative Pristinaltanne — allative Pristinallenne — essive Pristinananne — translative Pristinaksenne — abessive Pristinattanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Pristinansa — accusative nom. Pristinansa — gen. Pristinansa genitive Pristinansa — partitive Pristinaansa — inessive Pristinassaan Pristinassansa — elative Pristinastaan Pristinastansa — illative Pristinaansa — adessive Pristinallaan Pristinallansa — ablative Pristinaltaan Pristinaltansa — allative Pristinalleen Pristinallensa — essive Pristinanaan Pristinanansa — translative Pristinakseen Pristinaksensa — abessive Pristinattaan Pristinattansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Italian

Alternative forms

• Priština, Prishtinë, Prishtina

Etymology

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Priština, with the háček being lost on transcription or due to false analogy with the adjective pristino (“pristine”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prisˈti.na/, (false analogy with pristina) /ˈpris.ti.na/
• Rhymes: -ina, (false analogy with pristina) -istina

Proper noun

Pristina f

1. Prishtinë (the capital city of Kosovo)

Portuguese

Proper noun

Pristina f

1. Pristina (the capital city of Kosovo)
2. Pristina (a district of Kosovo)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾisˈtina/ [pɾisˈt̪i.na]
• Rhymes: -ina
• Syllabification: Pris‧ti‧na

Proper noun

Pristina f

1. Pristina (the capital city of Kosovo)
2. Pristina (a district of Kosovo)