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 Hindi) IPA^(key): /qɛː.səɾ/, [qɛː.sɐɾ], /kɛː.səɾ/, [kɛː.sɐɾ]

Noun

क़ैसर • (qaisar) m or f by sense (Urdu spelling قیصر)

1. Caesar

   Synonym: सीज़र (sīzar)

2. (historical) general name for the Greek or Turkish emperor
3. an emperor or empress

   Synonyms: बादशाह (bādśāh), सम्राट (samrāṭ)

4. 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.

Declension of क़ैसर (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	क़ैसर qaisar	क़ैसर qaisar
oblique	क़ैसर qaisar	क़ैसरों qaisarõ
vocative	क़ैसर qaisar	क़ैसरो qaisaro

Declension of क़ैसर (fem cons-stem)

	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, 3^rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC