կայսր

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian կայսր (kaysr).

Pronunciation

Noun

կայսր • (kaysr)

  1. emperor

Declension

Derived terms

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • կեսառ (kesaṙ)
  • կեսար (kesar)
  • կեսառոս (kesaṙos)
  • կիսառոս (kisaṙos)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Καῖσαρ (Kaîsar). According to Ačaṙyan, կայսր (kaysr) is an old popular borrowing, whereas the other forms are scholarly borrowings.

Noun

կայսր • (kaysr)

  1. emperor, caesar
    վեհափառ կայսրնvehapʻaṙ kaysrnHis Imperial Majesty

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: կայսր (kaysr)

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “կայսր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կայսր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “կայսր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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