цар

See also: цяр, царь, цѣсарь, and Appendix:Variations of "car"

Belarusian

Цар Мікалай ІІ.

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic цьсарь (cĭsarĭ), from Old Church Slavonic цѣсарь (cěsarĭ), from a Germanic language, from Proto-Germanic *kaisaraz, from the Latin name Caesar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡sar]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ar
• Hyphenation: цар

Noun

цар • (car) m pers (genitive цара́, nominative plural цары́, genitive plural царо́ў)

1. tzar (the title of the monarch in Russia, Bulgaria and Serbia)

Declension

Declension of цар (pr hard masc-form accent-b)

	singular	plural
nominative	цар car	цары́ carý
genitive	цара́ cará	царо́ў caróŭ
dative	цару́ carú	цара́м carám
accusative	цара́ cará	царо́ў caróŭ
instrumental	царо́м caróm	цара́мі carámi
locative	цару́ carú	цара́х caráx
count form	—	цары́1 carý1

¹Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

References

• “цар”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
• “цар” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Old Church Slavonic цѣсарь (cěsarĭ), from Proto-Slavic *cěsařь, from a Germanic language, from Proto-Germanic *kaisaraz, from Latin Caesar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡sar]
• Rhymes: -ar

Noun

цар • (car) m (feminine цари́ца, relational adjective ца́рски)

1. czar, tsar, tzar
2. king, ruler, monarch
3. emperor
4. sire
5. (chess) king

Declension

Declension of цар

	singular	plural
indefinite	цар car	царе́ caré
definite (subject form)	ца́рят cárjat	царе́те caréte
definite (object form)	ца́ря cárja
vocative form	царю́ carjú	царе́ caré

Related terms

• цари́ца (caríca), царки́ня f (carkínja)

Ingush

Pronoun

цар • (car)

1. (possessive) their

Noun

цар • (car)

1. tsar

Macedonian

Etymology

From Old Church Slavonic цѣсарь (cěsarĭ), from Proto-Slavic *cěsařь, from a Germanic language, from Proto-Germanic *kaisaraz, from Latin Caesar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡sar]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

цар • (car) m (feminine царица, relational adjective царски, diminutive царче)

1. czar, tsar, tzar
2. king, ruler, monarch
3. emperor
4. sire
5. Caesar
6. (slang) a cool or intelligent person (used to indicate admiration or high approval)

Declension

Declension of цар

	singular	plural
indefinite	цар (car)	цареви (carevi)
definite unspecified	царот (carot)	царевите (carevite)
definite proximal	царов (carov)	царевиве (carevive)
definite distal	царон (caron)	царевине (carevine)
vocative	царе (care) цару (caru)	цареви (carevi)
count form	—	цара (cara)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *cěsařь, *cьsarь, from a Germanic language, from Proto-Germanic *kaisaraz, from Latin Caesar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡sâr/

Noun

ца̏р m (Latin spelling cȁr)

1. czar, emperor, monarch

   Подајте цару царево, а Богу Вожје. ― Give the Emperor what belongs to the Emperor and God what belongs to God.

   • 1971, Бранко Б. Радичевић, Баш-Челик, Београд, page 1:

     Бијаше један цар, и имађаше три сина и три ћерке.

     There once was a tsar and he had three daughters and three sons.

Declension

Declension of цар

	singular	plural
nominative	цар	цареви
genitive	цара	царева
dative	цару	царевима
accusative	цара	цареве
vocative	царе	цареви
locative	цару	царевима
instrumental	царем	царевима

Derived terms

• ца̏ревина
• ца̏рица
• ца̏рина
• ца̑рство

References

• “цар”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Ukrainian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic цьсарь (cĭsarĭ), from Proto-Slavic *cěsařь, from a Germanic language, from Proto-Germanic *kaisaraz, from Latin Caesar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡sar]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

цар • (car) m pers (genitive царя́, nominative plural царі́, genitive plural царі́в, relational adjective ца́рський)

1. king
2. emperor

Declension

Declension of цар
(pers soft masc-form accent-b)

	singular	plural
nominative	цар car	царі́ carí
genitive	царя́ carjá	царі́в carív
dative	царе́ві, царю́ carévi, carjú	царя́м carjám
accusative	царя́ carjá	царі́в carív
instrumental	царе́м carém	царя́ми carjámy
locative	царе́ві, царю́, царі́ carévi, carjú, carí	царя́х carjáx
vocative	ца́рю cárju	царі́ carí

References

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “цар”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “цар”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)