क़ैसर-ए-हिंद

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Hindi

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Etymology

Borrowed from Urdu قیصرِ ہند (qaisar-e-hind). Coined in 1876 by the orientalist G.W. Leitner as the official imperial title for the British monarch in India. See Kaisar-i-Hind Medal for more.

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /qɛː.səɾ.eː.ɦɪnd̪/, , /kɛː.səɾ.eː.ɦɪnd̪/,

Noun

क़ैसर--हिंद (qaisar-e-hindm or f by sense (indeclinable, Urdu spelling قیصرِ ہند)

  1. Kaisar-i-Hind; a title for the emperor of the British Raj

References

  • S. W. Fallon (1879) “قيصر”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.