قیصر

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Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَيْصَر (qayṣar).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? qaysar
Dari reading? qaysar
Iranian reading? ğeysar
Tajik reading? qaysar

Proper noun

Dari قیصر
Iranian Persian
Tajik Қайсар

قَیصَر (qeysar)

  1. Caesar, a Roman gens whose most notable member was Julius Caesar
    Synonym: (more common) سزار (sezâr)

Noun

Dari قیصر
Iranian Persian
Tajik қайсар

قَیصَر (qeysar) (plural قَیاصِره (qayâsere))

  1. Roman or Byzantine emperor
    • c. 1100, Amīr Mu'izzī, “Qaṣīda 226”, in دیوان امیر معزی:
      تو به بغدادی و در روم از هجوم لشکرت
      هست قیصر مستمند و لشکر او سوگوار
      tu ba bağdād-ī u dar rūm az hujūm-i laškar-at
      hast qaysar mustmand u laškar-i ō sōgwār
      You are in Baghdad, and in Byzantium, due to your army's attack,
      The Emperor is in distress and his army is mournful.
      (Classical Persian transliteration)
  2. Kaiser; Holy Roman or German emperor

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