क़ैसर-ए-हिंद

Hindi

Alternative forms

• क़ैसर-ए-हिन्द (qaisar-e-hind), क़ैसर-इ-हिंद (qaisar-i-hind), क़ैसर-इ-हिन्द (qaisar-i-hind), कैसर-ए-हिंद (kaisar-e-hind), कैसर-ए-हिन्द (kaisar-e-hind), कैसर-इ-हिंद (kaisar-i-hind), कैसर-इ-हिन्द (kaisar-i-hind)

Etymology

Borrowed from Urdu قیصرِ ہند (qaisar-e-hind). Coined in 1876 by the orientalist G.W. Leitner as the official imperial title for the British monarch in India. See Kaisar-i-Hind Medal for more.

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /qɛː.səɾ.eː.ɦɪnd̪/, [qɛː.sɐɾ.eː.ɦɪ̃n̪d̪], /kɛː.səɾ.eː.ɦɪnd̪/, [kɛː.sɐɾ.eː.ɦɪ̃n̪d̪]

Noun

क़ैसर-ए-हिंद • (qaisar-e-hind) m or f by sense (indeclinable)

1. Kaisar-i-Hind; a title for the emperor of the British Raj

References

• S. W. Fallon (1879) “قيصر”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.