English
Etymology
Transliteration from Kazakh Алматы (Almaty), which is an adjective form of алма (alma, “apple”).
Proper noun
Almaty
- The largest city in and former (until 1998) capital of Kazakhstan, formerly known as Alma-Ata.
2015 July 30, Jules Boykoff, “Beijing and Almaty contest Winter Olympics in human rights nightmare”, in The Guardian[1], archived from the original on 29 September 2025:Unlike Uzbekistan, which unsuccessfully pursued the 2000 summer Games, the Almaty bid was crafted by wily veterans of the process.
- A region of Kazakhstan. Capital: Qonayev.
Synonyms
- Verniy (official name until 1921)
Translations
city
- Altai:
- Southern Altai: Алма-Ата (Alma-Ata)
- Arabic: أَلْمَاتِي f (ʔalmātī)
- Armenian: Ալմաթի (Almatʻi)
- Azerbaijani: Almatı (az)
- Belarusian: Алматы́ m (Almatý)
- Bengali: আলমাটি (almaṭi)
- Bulgarian: Алмати́ (Almatí)
- Burmese: အော်လ်မေတီမြို့ (aulmetimrui.)
- Buryat: Альмата (Alʹmata), Алимта (Alimta)
- Old Buryat: ᠠᠯᠢᠮᠠᠳᠤ (alim-adu)
- Chagatai: الماتو (ālmātū)
- Cherokee: ᎠᎵᎹᏘ (alimati)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 阿拉木圖 / 阿拉木图 (zh) (Ālāmùtú)
- Esperanto: Almato
- Estonian: Almatõ
- Finnish: Almaty (fi)
- Gagauz: Almatı
- Georgian: ალმათი (almati)
- German: Almaty (de) n
- Greek: Αλμάτι (el) n (Almáti)
- Hindi: अलमाती (almātī)
- Hungarian: Almati (hu)
- Japanese: アルマトイ (ja) (Arumatoi)
- Kalmyk: Гурвн Альмта (Gurvn Alʹmta)
- Kazakh:
- Arabic: الماتى
- Cyrillic: Алматы (Almaty)
- Latin: Almaty (kk)
- Korean: 알마티 (ko) (Almati)
- Kyrgyz: Алмата (ky) (Almata)
- Latvian: Almati
- Lithuanian: Almata
- Mongolian: Алматы (Almaty), Алимтай (Alimtaj), Алимт (Alimt)
- Classical Mongolian: ᠠᠯᠢᠮᠠᠳᠤ (alim-adu)
- Persian: آلماتی (âlmâti)
- Polish: Ałmaty (pl) f pl, Ałma Ata (pl) f
- Portuguese: Almaty f
- Romanian: Almatî
- Russian: Алматы́ (ru) m (Almatý) (official in Kazakhstan), Алма-Ата́ (ru) f (Alma-Atá) (official in Russia)
- Spanish: Almatý
- Swedish: Almaty
- Tajik: Амаато (Amaato), Алмати (Almat-i)
- Turkish: Almatı (tr)
- Turkmen: Almaty
- Ukrainian: Алмати́ m (Almatý)
- Uyghur:
- Arabic: ئالمۇتا (almuta)
- Cyrillic: Алмута (Almuta)
- Uzbek: Almati, Olmaota
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Anagrams
Kazakh
Proper noun
Almaty
- Latin spelling of Алматы (Almaty, “Almaty”).
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /aw.maˈt͡ʃi/ [aʊ̯.maˈt͡ʃi]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /al.mɐˈti/ [aɫ.mɐˈti]
Proper noun
Almaty f
- Almaty (a city in Kazakhstan)