"Chișinău" meaning in Romanian

See Chișinău in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: [kiʃiˈnəu̯] Audio: Ro-Chișinău.ogg
Etymology: * From Hungarian Kisjenő, derived from kis (“small”) + Jenő (“Hungarian tribe”), compare the town of Chișineu-Criș in Romania. * Possibly from (Cuman) Kipchak kešene (“burial mound”), Karachay-Balkar kešene (“graveyard, cemetery”), ultimately from Persian کاشانه (kâšâne). Compare Bashkir кәшәнә (kəşənə, “grave memorial”) and Kazakh кесене (kesene, “mausoleum”). Etymology templates: {{bor|ro|hu|Kisjenő}} Hungarian Kisjenő, {{compound|hu|kis|Jenő|nocat=y|t1=small|t2=Hungarian tribe}} kis (“small”) + Jenő (“Hungarian tribe”), {{bor|ro|qwm|kešene||burial mound}} Kipchak kešene (“burial mound”), {{bor|ro|krc|kešene||graveyard, cemetery}} Karachay-Balkar kešene (“graveyard, cemetery”), {{der|ro|fa|کاشانه|tr=kâšâne}} Persian کاشانه (kâšâne), {{cog|ba|кәшәнә||grave memorial}} Bashkir кәшәнә (kəşənə, “grave memorial”), {{cog|kk|кесене||mausoleum}} Kazakh кесене (kesene, “mausoleum”) Head templates: {{head|ro|proper noun|definite nominative/accusative|Chișinăul|definite genitive/dative|Chișinăului|g=n}} Chișinău n (definite nominative/accusative Chișinăul, definite genitive/dative Chișinăului) Inflection templates: {{ro-decl-noun-single|g=n|gpi=Chișinău|gsd=Chișinăului|gsi=Chișinău|n=sg|npi=Chișinău|nsd=Chișinăul|nsi=Chișinău|vs=Chișinăule}} Forms: Chișinăul [accusative, definite, nominative], Chișinăului [dative, definite, genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], Chișinău [accusative, indefinite, nominative], Chișinăul [accusative, definite, nominative], Chișinău [error-unrecognized-form, indefinite], Chișinăului [definite, error-unrecognized-form], Chișinăule [vocative], Кишинэу [alternative]
  1. Chișinău (a municipality, the capital city of Moldova) Tags: neuter Categories (place): Cities in Moldova, Municipalities of Moldova, National capitals, Places in Moldova
    Sense id: en-Chișinău-ro-name-jDYBvMdF Categories (other): Pages using invalid parameters when calling Template:ro-noun-n-u-defective, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Romanian entries with incorrect language header

Alternative forms

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