क़ैसर
Hindi
Alternative forms
- कैसर (kaisar) — nuqtaless
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian قَیْصَر (qaysar), from Arabic قَيْصَر (qayṣar), from Ancient Greek Καῖσαρ (Kaîsar), from Latin Caesar. In the sense of "Kaiser", probably influenced by Kaiser. Doublet of ज़ार (zār), सीज़र (sīzar), and काइज़र (kāizar).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /qɛː.səɾ/, [qɛː.sɐɾ], /kɛː.səɾ/, [kɛː.sɐɾ]
Noun
क़ैसर • (qaisar) m or f by sense (Urdu spelling قیصر)
- Caesar
- Synonym: सीज़र (sīzar)
- (historical) general name for the Greek or Turkish emperor
- an emperor or empress
- Kaiser; title of an emperor of Germany
- Synonym: काइज़र (kāizar)
Declension
NOTE: This term is declined masculine or feminine according to the gender of the referent.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | क़ैसर qaisar |
क़ैसर qaisar |
| oblique | क़ैसर qaisar |
क़ैसरों qaisarõ |
| vocative | क़ैसर qaisar |
क़ैसरो qaisaro |
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | क़ैसर qaisar |
क़ैसरें qaisarẽ |
| oblique | क़ैसर qaisar |
क़ैसरों qaisarõ |
| vocative | क़ैसर qaisar |
क़ैसरो qaisaro |
Derived terms
- क़ैसर-ए-हिंद (qaisar-e-hind, “Kaisar-i-Hind”)
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “क़ैसर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “कैसर”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
- Platts, John T. (1884) “قیصر”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- John Shakespear (1834) “قیصر”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC