цар

Inherited from Old East Slavic цьсарь (cĭsarĭ), from Old Church Slavonic цѣсарь (cěsarĭ), from a Germanic language, from Proto-Germanic *kaisaraz, from the Latin name Caesar.

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• Rhymes: -ar
• Hyphenation: цар

цар • (car) m pers (genitive цара́, nominative plural цары́, genitive plural царо́ў)

1. tzar (the title of the monarch in Russia, Bulgaria and Serbia)

• “цар”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
• “цар” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Bulgarian Wikipedia has an article on:

цар

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From Old Church Slavonic цѣсарь (cěsarĭ), from Proto-Slavic *cěsařь, from a Germanic language, from Proto-Germanic *kaisaraz, from Latin Caesar.

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цар • (car) m (feminine цари́ца, relational adjective ца́рски)

1. czar, tsar, tzar
2. king, ruler, monarch
3. emperor
4. sire
5. (chess) king

• цари́ца (caríca), царки́ня f (carkínja)

цар • (car)

1. (possessive) their

цар • (car)

1. tsar

From Old Church Slavonic цѣсарь (cěsarĭ), from Proto-Slavic *cěsařь, from a Germanic language, from Proto-Germanic *kaisaraz, from Latin Caesar.

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цар • (car) m (feminine царица, relational adjective царски, diminutive царче)

1. czar, tsar, tzar
2. king, ruler, monarch
3. emperor
4. sire
5. Caesar
6. (slang) a cool or intelligent person (used to indicate admiration or high approval)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *cěsařь, *cьsarь, from a Germanic language, from Proto-Germanic *kaisaraz, from Latin Caesar.

• IPA^(key): /t͡sâr/

ца̏р m (Latin spelling cȁr)

1. czar, emperor, monarch

   Подајте цару царево, а Богу Вожје. ― Give the Emperor what belongs to the Emperor and God what belongs to God.

   • 1971, Бранко Б. Радичевић, Баш-Челик, Београд, page 1:

     Бијаше један цар, и имађаше три сина и три ћерке.

     There once was a tsar and he had three daughters and three sons.

• ца̏ревина
• ца̏рица
• ца̏рина
• ца̑рство

• “цар”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Ukrainian Wikipedia has an article on:

цар

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From Old East Slavic цьсарь (cĭsarĭ), from Proto-Slavic *cěsařь, from a Germanic language, from Proto-Germanic *kaisaraz, from Latin Caesar.

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цар • (car) m pers (genitive царя́, nominative plural царі́, genitive plural царі́в, relational adjective ца́рський)

1. king
2. emperor

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “цар”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “цар”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)