Țarigrad

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic Цѣсарьградъ (Cěsarĭgradŭ), from цѣсарь (cěsarĭ, “emperor”) +‎ градъ (gradŭ, “city”), from Proto-Slavic *cěsařь + *gordъ. Cognates include Russian Царьгра́д (Carʹgrád), Bulgarian Царигра́д (Carigrád), Czech Cařihrad, Ukrainian Царгра́д (Carhrád), Serbo-Croatian Carigrad, Slovak Carihrad, Slovene Carigrad.

Proper noun

Țarigrad

  1. (dated) Constantinople [1521]
    Synonyms: Constantinopol, Istanbul
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