tsaar

Afrikaans

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡sɑːr/

• Audio:

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Noun

tsaar (plural tsare)

1. tsar, tzar, czar

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tsaːr/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: tsaar
• Rhymes: -aːr

Noun

tsaar m (plural tsaren, diminutive tsaartje n, feminine tsarina or tsarin)

1. tsar, tzar, czar

Derived terms

• tsaarschap
• tsarendynastie

Related terms

• keizer

Descendants

• Afrikaans: tsaar
• → West Frisian: tsaar

Anagrams

• raast, rasta, staar

Estonian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtsɑːr/, [ˈtsɑːr]

Noun

tsaar (genitive tsaari, partitive tsaari)

1. tsar, tzar, czar

Declension

Declension of tsaar (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		tsaar	tsaarid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	tsaari
genitive			tsaaride
partitive		tsaari	tsaare tsaarisid
illative		tsaari tsaarisse	tsaaridesse tsaaresse
inessive		tsaaris	tsaarides tsaares
elative		tsaarist	tsaaridest tsaarest
allative		tsaarile	tsaaridele tsaarele
adessive		tsaaril	tsaaridel tsaarel
ablative		tsaarilt	tsaaridelt tsaarelt
translative		tsaariks	tsaarideks tsaareks
terminative		tsaarini	tsaarideni
essive		tsaarina	tsaaridena
abessive		tsaarita	tsaarideta
comitative		tsaariga	tsaaridega

West Frisian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch tsaar, from Russian царь (carʹ), from Old East Slavic цьсарь (cĭsarĭ), from Proto-Slavic *cěsařь, from a Germanic language, from Proto-Germanic *kaisaraz, from Latin Caesar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tsaːr/

Noun

tsaar c (plural tsaren)

1. tsar

Further reading

• “tsaar”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011