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tsar

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Etymology

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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.[1] Doublet of kaiser and Caesar. The spelling tsar began to replace the older czar in the nineteenth century. Compare Byzantine Greek Τζαῖσαρ (Tzaîsar).

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tsar (plural tsars)

 
Tsar Nicholas II.
  1. (historical) An emperor of Russia (1547 to 1917) and of some South Slavic states.
    • 1832 August 1, W. Barnes, “On the Origin of Language”, in Gentleman's Magazine‎[1], London, page 129:
      and why, in the name of common sense, should the English call the Czar (tsar) of Russia raze?
  2. (figuratively) A person with great power; an autocrat.
    • 1969 March 14 [1969 March 13], “Report from Border Areas”, in Daily Report: Foreign Radio Broadcasts‎[2], number 50, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Peking NCNA International Service, →OCLC, page A 6‎[3]:
      Chin Chien-shih, an old poor peasant of Korean nationality, said: "The wolfish ambition of the new tsars is exactly the same as that of the old tsars. The Soviet revisionist renegade clique is struggling desperately in the hope of saving itself from doom, but this will only bring on its destruction more quickly."

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  • (emperor of Russia): Officially, emperors after 1721 were styled imperator (импера́тор (imperátor)) rather than tsar (царь (carʹ)), but the latter term is still commonly applied to them.
  • The term sometimes refers to other emperors, besides those of Russia, e.g. the monarch of Bulgaria (1908-1946).
  • The spelling czar is predominant in figurative and informal senses. Scholarly literature prefers tsar.

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  • → Hindustani:
  • → Irish: sár
  • → Japanese: ツァー (tsā)

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References

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  1. ^ Funk, W. J., Word origins and their romantic stories, New York, Wilfred Funk, Inc.

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Etymology

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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. Doublet of Cèsar.

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tsar m (plural tsars, feminine tsarina)

  1. tsar

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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. Doublet of César.

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tsar m (plural tsars)

  1. czar (Russian nobility)
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Galician

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tsar m (plural tsares)

  1. tsar

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Russian царь (carʹ), from Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐌹𐍃𐌰𐍂 (kaisar), from Latin Caesar.

Noun

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tsar m (definite singular tsaren, indefinite plural tsarer, definite plural tsarene)

  1. a tsar or czar

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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From Russian царь (carʹ), from Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐌹𐍃𐌰𐍂 (kaisar), from Latin Caesar.

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tsar m (definite singular tsaren, indefinite plural tsarar, definite plural tsarane)

  1. a tsar or czar

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tsar m (plural tsares, feminine tsarina, feminine plural tsarinas)

  1. Alternative form of czar

Swedish

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Etymology

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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.

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tsar c

  1. tsar

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Declension of tsar
nominative genitive
singular indefinite tsar tsars
definite tsaren tsarens
plural indefinite tsarer tsarers
definite tsarerna tsarernas
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Tocharian A

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Etymology

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From Proto-Tocharian *ṣar, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰésōr, from *ǵʰes-. Cognate with Albanian dorë, Ancient Greek χείρ (kheír), Old Armenian ձեռն (jeṙn), Hittite [script needed] (kessar). Compare Tocharian B ṣar.

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tsar m

  1. hand
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