Kostantiniye
Turkish
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editEtymology
editFrom Ottoman Turkish قسطنطینیه (Kostantiniye), from Arabic القسطنطينية, a definite relative noun from قُسْطَنْطِين (qusṭanṭīn, “Constantine”). Probably an ellipsis of اَلْمَدِينَة الْقُسْطَنْطِينِيَّة (al-madīna l-qusṭanṭīniyya, “the city of Constantine”).
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Proper noun
editKostantiniye
- Constantinople (the former name of Istanbul, the largest city of Turkey)