ܩܣܪ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܩܐܣܪ (qēʾsār)
• ܩܗܣܐܪ (qēhsāʾr)
• ܩܨܪ (qēṣār)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Καῖσαρ (Kaîsar), from Latin Caesar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈqe.sɑr]

Noun

ܩܣܪ • (qēsār) m (plural ܩܣܪܘ or ܩܣܪܣ)

1. caesar, emperor
2. (figuratively) refuge

References

• “qysr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2017-10-09
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 324b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 512a
• Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, p. 1388b