قیصر

See also: قيصر

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَيْصَر (qayṣar).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [qaj.ˈsaɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [qäj.sǽɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [qäj.sǽɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [qäj.sǽɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [qäj.sǽɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [qej.sǽɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [qäj.sǽɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	qaysar
Dari reading?	qaysar
Iranian reading?	ğeysar
Tajik reading?	qaysar

Proper noun

Dari	قیصر
Iranian Persian
Tajik	Қайсар

قَیصَر • (qeysar)

1. Caesar, a Roman gens whose most notable member was Julius Caesar

   Synonym: (more common) سزار (sezâr)

Noun

Dari	قیصر
Iranian Persian
Tajik	қайсар

قَیصَر • (qeysar) (plural قَیاصِره (qayâsere))

1. Roman or Byzantine emperor
   • c. 1100, Amīr Mu'izzī, “Qaṣīda 226”, in دیوان امیر معزی‎^[1]:

     تو به بغدادی و در روم از هجوم لشکرت
     هست قیصر مستمند و لشکر او سوگوار

     tu ba bağdād-ī u dar rūm az hujūm-i laškar-at
     hast qaysar mustmand u laškar-i ō sōgwār

     You are in Baghdad, and in Byzantium, due to your army's attack,
     The Emperor is in distress and his army is mournful.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

2. Kaiser; Holy Roman or German emperor

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: قیصر (kayser), قیاصره pl (kayâsıra)
• → Tajik: қайсар (qaysar)
• → Hindi: क़ैसर (qaisar)
• → Urdu: قیصر (qaisar)