Talk:կեսար
Latest comment: 10 years ago by Vahagn Petrosyan in topic Etymology
Etymology
editIsn't it from Parthian 𐭊𐭉𐭎𐭓 (kēsar), rather than Ancient Greek? --Z 19:13, 1 April 2014 (UTC)
- I thought that too, but Ačaṙyan says կեսար (kesar) is a scholarly borrowing from Greek, whereas կայսր (kaysr) is the old popular form. The latter may even be directly from Latin.
- He is probably right, as կեսար (kesar) is attested mainly in Hellenophile authors. In one attested passage even the Greek case ending is mimicked—irregular accusative զ-կեսարայ (z-kesaray) = accusative Καίσαρα (Kaísara). --Vahag (talk) 19:51, 1 April 2014 (UTC)