قیصر

See also: قيصر

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَيْصَر (qayṣar).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /qaj.ˈsaɾ/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [qäj.sǽɾ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [qäj.sǽɾ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [qäj.sǽɾ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [qej.sǽɹ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [qäj.sǽɾ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	qaysar
Dari reading^?	qaysar
Iranian reading^?	ġeysar
Tajik reading^?	qaysar

Proper noun


Iranian Persian	قیصر
Dari	قیصر
Tajik	Қайсар

قَیصَر • (qeysar)

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

Noun


Iranian Persian	قیصر
Dari	قیصر
Tajik	қайсар

قَیصَر • (qeysar) (plural قَیاصِره (qayâsere))

Roman or Byzantine emperor
- c. 1100, Amīr Mu'izzī, “Qaṣīda 226”, in دیوان امیر معزی‎^[1]:
  تو به بغدادی و در روم از هجوم لشکرت
  هست قیصر مستمند و لشکر او سوگوار
  tu ba baġdād-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)
Kaiser; Holy Roman or German emperor

Descendants

Tajik: қайсар (qaysar)
→ Ottoman Turkish: قیصر (kayser), قیاصره pl (kayâsıra)
- Turkish: kayser
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: क़ैसर (qaisar)

Urdu: قَیصَر (qaisar)
→ Punjabi:
Gurmukhi script: ਕ਼ੈਸਰ (qaisar)

Shahmukhi script: قَیصَر (qaiṣar)