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English
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Noun
kesar (plural kesars)
- Obsolete form of Kaiser.
1922 October, A E Housman, “ VIII”, in Last Poems, London: Grant Richards Ltd., →OCLC, stanza 3, page 23, lines 5–6:Now no more of winters biting,
Filth in trench from fall to spring,
Summers full of sweat and fighting
For the Kesar or the King.
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Hindustani केसर / کیسر (kesar, “saffron”), from Sanskrit केसर (késara).
Pronunciation
Noun
kesar (uncountable)
- (South Asia, cooking) Saffron.
- Synonym: zafrani
kesar milk
2001, Arun Kaul, “Kesar: The cultural geography of Kashmir”, in The Human Landscape, page 228:The newly emerging Muslim middle class would offer ‘kesar’ tea after marriages or other formal feasts, replacing the traditional tea leaves with kesar strands. […] Over the years Pampur’s apiculture, claimed by many to create the best medicinal honey in the region, that is, kesar honey, has also prospered.
Anagrams
- skare, skear, reaks, reask, Akres, eskar, Kaser, Akers, Rakes, Sekar, saker, akers, asker, Kears, rakes