Talk:կեսար

Etymology

Isn't it from Parthian 𐭊𐭉𐭎𐭓 (kēsar), rather than Ancient Greek? --Z 19:13, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

I thought that too, but Ačaṙyan says կեսար (kesar) is a scholarly borrowing from Greek, whereas կայսր (kaysr) is the old popular form. The latter may even be directly from Latin.

He is probably right, as կեսար (kesar) is attested mainly in Hellenophile authors. In one attested passage even the Greek case ending is mimicked—irregular accusative զ-կեսարայ (z-kesaray) = accusative Καίσαρα (Kaísara). --Vahag (talk) 19:51, 1 April 2014 (UTC)