Tskhinvali

English

Etymology

From Georgian ცხინვალი (cxinvali), from Old Georgian krtskhinvali (krtskhinvali, “land of hornbeams”), from earlier krtskhilvani (krtskhilvani). Possibly via Russian Цхинва́ли (Cxinváli).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtskɪnvali/

Proper noun

Tskhinvali

The capital city of South Ossetia.

Synonyms

Cchinvali
Cxinvali
Tskhinval (Modern Ossetians call the city this, leaving off the final "i", which is a nominative case ending in Georgian)
Chreba (Ossetian (unofficial) name of the city)
(From 1934 to 1961) Staliniri (after Joseph Stalin).
Land of Hornbeams (historical name of the city)

Translations

capital of South Ossetia

Arabic: تْسْخِينْفَالِي‎ m (tsḵīnfālī)
Armenian: Ցխինվալ (Cʿxinval)
Azerbaijani: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Mandarin: 茨欣瓦利 (zh) (Cíxīnwǎlì)
Czech: Cchinvali
Danish: Tskhinvali
French: Tskhinval
Georgian: ცხინვალი (cxinvali)
German: Zchinwali n

Japanese: ツヒンヴァリ (Tsuhinvari)
Kurdish: please add this translation if you can
Ossetian: Цхинвал (Cxinval), Чъреба (Ḱ’reba)
Persian: تسخینوالی‎
Polish: Cchinwali (pl)
Portuguese: Tskhinvali f
Russian: Цхинва́л (ru) m (Cxinvál), Цхинва́ли m (Cxinváli)
Spanish: Tsjinval
Tajik: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: Tshinvali

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Georgian ცხინვალი (cxinvali).

Proper noun

Tskhinvali f

Tskhinvali (the capital city of South Ossetia)

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