استنبول
Urdu
Etymology
Influenced by a number of languages, including Arabic إِسْطَنْبُول (ʾisṭanbūl) and English Istanbul.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɪs.t̪əm.boːl/
- Rhymes: -oːl
- Hyphenation: اِسْ‧تَن٘‧بول
Proper noun
اِسْتَن٘بول • (istaṉbol) m (Hindi spelling इस्तांबुल)
- Istanbul (a major city in Turkey).
- 1867 or 1873, مہدی علی خان – Mehdi Ali Khan, مطلع العجائب – Mat̤laʿ al-ʿajāʼib, منشی نول کشور – Munshī Naval Kishor, page 155:
- اور قسطنطینیہ ہے جو اس زمانہ میں استنبول کہلاتا ہے
- aur qust̤ant̤īniyah hai jo is zamānah meṉ istaṉbol kahlātā hai
- And Constantinople, which is known as Istanbul in this era
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See also
- قُسْطُنْطُنِیَہ (qust̤unt̤uniyah, “Constantinople”)
Further reading
- “استنبول”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.