Selim II with the "crown of Tsarigrad", in a 1757 illustration by Wallachia's Constantin Săidăcar ot Mogoșoaia
Tsargrad is an Old Church Slavonic translation of the Greek Βασιλὶς Πόλις.[citation needed] Combining the Slavonic words tsar for "caesar / emperor" and grad for "city", it meant "imperial city". According to Per Thomsen, the Old Russian form influenced an Old Norse appellation of Constantinople, Miklagard (Мikligarðr).
Bulgarians also applied the word to Tarnovgrad (Tsarevgrad Tarnov, "Imperial City of Tarnov"), one of the capitals of the tsars of the Bulgarian Empire, but after the Balkans came under Ottoman rule, the Bulgarian word has been used exclusively as another name of Constantinople.[1][2][3]
After the fall of Constantinople in 1453, the burgeoning Grand Duchy of Moscow began to see itself as the last extension of the Roman Empire, and the force that would resurrect the lost leviathan (Third Rome). This belief was supported by the Russian Orthodox Church and given at least an air of legitimacy by the marriage of Ivan III to Sophia Palaiologina, a relative of the last Byzantine Emperor. It was allegedly an objective of the Tsars to recapture the city, but despite many southern advances and expansion by the empire, this was never realized. In August 1829, a Russian army did reach nearbyAdrianople.
As the zeitgeist which spawned the term has faded, the word Tsargrad is now an archaic term in Russian. It is however still used occasionally in Bulgarian, particularly in a historical context. A major traffic artery in Bulgaria's capital Sofia carries the name Tsarigradsko shose ("Tsarigrad Road"); the road begins as the Tsar Osvoboditel Boulevard and continues into the main highway that leads southeast to Istanbul. The name Tsarigrad is also retained in word groups such as tsarigradsko grozde ("Tsarigrad grapes", meaning "gooseberry"), the dish tsarigradski kyuftentsa ("small Tsarigrad koftas") or sayings like "One can even get to Tsarigrad by asking". In Slovene it is still largely used and often preferred over the official name.[4] People also understand and sometimes use the name Carigrad in Bosnia, Croatia, North Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia.
The Romance language Romanian borrowed the term as Țarigrad,[5] but it is an archaic usage now that has been replaced by Constantinopol and Istanbul. Nowadays, a village in Moldova is called Țarigrad.
Footnotesedit
^Софроний Врачански. Житие и страдания на грешния Софроний. София 1987. Стр. 55 (An explanatory endnote to Sophronius of Vratsa's autobiography)
^Найден Геров. 1895-1904. Речник на блъгарский язик. (the entry on царь in Naiden Gerov's Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language)
^Симеонова, Маргарита. Речник на езика на Васил Левски. София, ИК "БАН", 2004 (the entry on царь in Margarita Simeonova's Dictionary of the Language of Vasil Levski)
^Seznam tujih imen v slovenskem jeziku. Geodetska uprava Republike Slovenije. Ljubljana 2001. p. 18.
^Șăineanu, Lazăr (1929). Dicționar universal al limbei române (in Romanian) (VI ed.). Retrieved 10 April 2020.
January 01, 1970
tsargrad, russian, television, channel, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, sch. For the Russian television channel see Tsargrad TV This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Tsargrad news newspapers books scholar JSTOR June 2019 Learn how and when to remove this message Tsarigrad is a Slavic name for the city or land of Constantinople present day Istanbul in Turkey the capital of the Byzantine Empire It is rendered in several ways depending on the language for instance Old Church Slavonic Cѣsargrad Church Slavonic Cargra d Russian Cargra d South Slavic languages Carigrad or Carigrad depending on their alphabets or Tsarigrad as an alternative Latin transliteration of Cyrillic Slovak Carihrad Czech Carihrad Polish Carogrod Ukrainian Cargorod Belarusian Cargorad also Czargrad and Tzargrad see Tsar Selim II with the crown of Tsarigrad in a 1757 illustration by Wallachia s Constantin Săidăcar ot Mogoșoaia Tsargrad is an Old Church Slavonic translation of the Greek Basilὶs Polis citation needed Combining the Slavonic words tsar for caesar emperor and grad for city it meant imperial city According to Per Thomsen the Old Russian form influenced an Old Norse appellation of Constantinople Miklagard Mikligardr Bulgarians also applied the word to Tarnovgrad Tsarevgrad Tarnov Imperial City of Tarnov one of the capitals of the tsars of the Bulgarian Empire but after the Balkans came under Ottoman rule the Bulgarian word has been used exclusively as another name of Constantinople 1 2 3 After the fall of Constantinople in 1453 the burgeoning Grand Duchy of Moscow began to see itself as the last extension of the Roman Empire and the force that would resurrect the lost leviathan Third Rome This belief was supported by the Russian Orthodox Church and given at least an air of legitimacy by the marriage of Ivan III to Sophia Palaiologina a relative of the last Byzantine Emperor It was allegedly an objective of the Tsars to recapture the city but despite many southern advances and expansion by the empire this was never realized In August 1829 a Russian army did reach nearby Adrianople As the zeitgeist which spawned the term has faded the word Tsargrad is now an archaic term in Russian It is however still used occasionally in Bulgarian particularly in a historical context A major traffic artery in Bulgaria s capital Sofia carries the name Tsarigradsko shose Tsarigrad Road the road begins as the Tsar Osvoboditel Boulevard and continues into the main highway that leads southeast to Istanbul The name Tsarigrad is also retained in word groups such as tsarigradsko grozde Tsarigrad grapes meaning gooseberry the dish tsarigradski kyuftentsa small Tsarigrad koftas or sayings like One can even get to Tsarigrad by asking In Slovene it is still largely used and often preferred over the official name 4 People also understand and sometimes use the name Carigrad in Bosnia Croatia North Macedonia Montenegro and Serbia The Romance language Romanian borrowed the term as Țarigrad 5 but it is an archaic usage now that has been replaced by Constantinopol and Istanbul Nowadays a village in Moldova is called Țarigrad Footnotes edit Sofronij Vrachanski Zhitie i stradaniya na greshniya Sofronij Sofiya 1987 Str 55 An explanatory endnote to Sophronius of Vratsa s autobiography Najden Gerov 1895 1904 Rechnik na blgarskij yazik the entry on car in Naiden Gerov s Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language Simeonova Margarita Rechnik na ezika na Vasil Levski Sofiya IK BAN 2004 the entry on car in Margarita Simeonova s Dictionary of the Language of Vasil Levski Seznam tujih imen v slovenskem jeziku Geodetska uprava Republike Slovenije Ljubljana 2001 p 18 Șăineanu Lazăr 1929 Dicționar universal al limbei romane in Romanian VI ed Retrieved 10 April 2020 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Tsargrad amp oldid 1218256630, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
