Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian կայսր (kaysr).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

կայսր (kaysr)

  1. emperor

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Old Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Ancient Greek Καῖσαρ (Kaîsar). According to Ačaṙyan, կայսր (kaysr) is an old popular borrowing, whereas the other forms are scholarly borrowings.

Noun edit

կայսր (kaysr)

  1. emperor, caesar
    վեհափառ կայսրնvehapʻaṙ kaysrnHis Imperial Majesty

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: կայսր (kaysr)

References edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “կայսր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կայսր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “կայսր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy