हागिया सोफ़िया

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from English Hagia Sophia, from Byzantine Greek and Ancient Greek Ἁγία Σοφία (Hagía Sophía). Doublet of आया सूफ़िया (āyā sūfiyā).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Hindi) IPA(key): /ɦɑː.ɡɪ.jɑː soː.fɪ.jɑː/, [ɦäː.ɡi.jäː‿soː.fi.jäː], /ɦɑː.ɡɪ.jɑː soː.pʰɪ.jɑː/, [ɦäː.ɡi.jäː‿soː.pʰi.jäː]

Proper noun

हागिया सोफ़िया • (hāgiyā sofiyā?

  1. Hagia Sophia (a mosque in Istanbul, Turkey)
  2. (historical) Hagia Sophia (a former patriarchal church of Greek Orthodoxy, operated as a museum (1935–2020))