Astana

Astana

See also: Astaná

English

Etymology

From Kazakh Астана (Astana), meaning capital, from Persian آستانه‎ (âstâne).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /əsˈtɑːnə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /æsˈtɑːnə/

Proper noun

Astana

1. The capital city of Kazakhstan.

Synonyms

• Akmoly/Akmolinsky prikaz (the settlement founded in 1830)
• Akmolinsk (town status, 1832–)
• Tselinograd (1961–)
• Akmola (1992–1998; capital since 1997)
• Aqmola
• Nur-Sultan (2019–2022)

Translations

the capital city of Kazakhstan

Afrikaans: Astana Albanian: Astana f Amharic: አስታና (ʾästana) Arabic: أَسْتَانَا‎ f (ʔastānā) Armenian: Աստանա (Astana) Azerbaijani: Astana (az) Basque: Astana (eu) Belarusian: Астана́ f (Astaná) Bengali: আস্তানা (astana) Bulgarian: Астана f (Astana) Catalan: Astanà Chinese: Mandarin: 阿斯塔納／阿斯塔纳 (zh) (Āsītǎnà) Czech: Astana (cs) f Danish: Astana n Dutch: Astana n Esperanto: Astano (eo) Estonian: Astana (et) Finnish: Astana (fi) French: Astana (fr) f Georgian: ასტანა (asṭana) German: Astana (de) n Greek: Αστανά f (Astaná) Hebrew: אסטנה‎ f (astana) Hindi: अस्ताना m (astānā) Hungarian: Asztana (hu) Indonesian: Astana (id) Japanese: アスタナ (ja) (Asutana) Kazakh: Астана (kk) (Astana) Khmer: អាស្តាណា (km) (ʼaastaanaa) Korean: 아스타나 (ko) (Aseutana) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: ئاستانا‎ (astana) Northern Kurdish: Astana Kyrgyz: Астана (Astana) Latvian: Astana f Lithuanian: Astana f Macedonian: Аста́на f (Astána) Malay: Astana Maltese: Astana Mongolian: Cyrillic: Астана (Astana) Norwegian: Bokmål: Astana n Persian: آستانه‎ (fa) (âstâne) Polish: Astana (pl) f Portuguese: Astana (pt) f Romanian: Astana (ro) Russian: Астана́ (ru) f (Astaná) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Астана f Roman: Astana f Slovak: Astana (sk) f Slovene: Astana f Spanish: Astaná (es) f Swedish: Astana (sv) n Tajik: Остона (Ostona) Tatar: Астана (Astana) Thai: อัสตานา (th) (âs-dtaa-naa) Turkish: Astana Turkmen: Astana Ukrainian: Астана́ (uk) f (Astaná) Urdu: آستانہ‎ (ur) m (āstānā) Uyghur: ئاستانا‎ (astana) Uzbek: Ostona Vietnamese: A-xta-na

Nur-Sultan — see Nur-Sultan

Akmola — see Akmola

Akmolinsk — see Akmolinsk

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Estonian

Proper noun

Astana

1. Astana (the capital city of Kazakhstan)

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Kazakh Астана (Astana, “capital”), from Persian آستانه‎ (âstâne).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /asˈta.na/

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• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: As‧ta‧na

Proper noun

Astana f

1. Astana (the capital city of Kazakhstan)

   Synonym: Nur-Sułtan

Declension

Declension of Astana

	singular
nominative	Astana
genitive	Astany
dative	Astanie
accusative	Astanę
instrumental	Astaną
locative	Astanie
vocative	Astano

Derived terms

adjective

• astański

 

nouns

• astanka
• astańczyk

 

Further reading

• Astana in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Astana in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Kazakh Астана (Astana), from Persian آستانه‎.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /asˈtɐ̃.nɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /asˈtɐ̃.nɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aʃˈtɐ̃.nɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /asˈtɐ.na/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐʃˈtɐ.nɐ/

• Hyphenation: As‧ta‧na

Proper noun

Astana f

1. Astana (the capital city of Kazakhstan)

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Turkish

Proper noun

Astana

1. Astana (the capital city of Kazakhstan)