Astana

See also: Astaná

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /əsˈtɑːnə/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• (US) IPA^(key): /æsˈtɑːnə/

Proper noun

Astana

2. 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 — see also Nur-Sultan,‎ Akmola,‎ Akmolinsk

• 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 (bn) (astana)
• Bulgarian: Астана̀ f (Astanà)
• 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 (ka) (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:

  Arabic: استانا (kk)

  Cyrillic: Астана (Astana)

  Latin: Astana (kk)

• Khmer: អាស្តាណា (km) (ʼaastaanaa)
• Korean: 아스타나 (ko) (Aseutana)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ئاستانا (astana)

  Northern Kurdish: Astana

• Kyrgyz: Астана (ky) (Astana)
• Latvian: Astana f
• Lithuanian: Astana f
• Macedonian: Аста́на f (Astána)
• Malay: Astana
• Maltese: Astana
• Marathi: अस्ताना n (astānā)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Астана (Astana)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Astana n

  Nynorsk: please add this translation if you can

• 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 (tr)
• Turkmen: Astana
• Ukrainian: Астана́ (uk) f (Astaná)
• Urdu: آستانہ (ur) m (āstānā)
• Uyghur: ئاستانا (astana)
• Uzbek: Ostona
• Vietnamese: A-xta-na
• Yiddish: please add this translation if you can

Afrikaans

Proper noun

Astana

1. Astana (the capital city of Kazakhstan)

Related terms

• Astanaan
• Astanaans

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈastana]

Proper noun

Astana f (related adjective astanský)

1. Astana (the capital city of Kazakhstan)

Declension

Declension of Astana (sg-only hard feminine)

	singular
nominative	Astana
genitive	Astany
dative	Astaně
accusative	Astanu
vocative	Astano
locative	Astaně
instrumental	Astanou

Further reading

• “Astana”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Estonian

Proper noun

Astana

1. Astana (the capital city of Kazakhstan)

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic	استانا
Cyrillic	Астана
Latin	Astana

Proper noun

Astana

1. Latin spelling of Астана (Astana, “Astana”).

Lithuanian

Proper noun

Astana f

1. Astana (the capital city of Kazakhstan)

Polish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /asˈta.na/

• Audio:

  (file)

• 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 Polish dictionaries at PWN

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/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐʃˈtɐ.nɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐʃˈta.nɐ/

• Hyphenation: As‧ta‧na

Proper noun

Astana f

1. Astana (the capital city of Kazakhstan)

Turkish

Proper noun

Astana

1. Astana (the capital city of Kazakhstan)