цесарь

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Etymology

From Old East Slavic цѣсарь (cěsarĭ), from Proto-Slavic *cěsařь, ultimately from Latin Caesar. Doublet of ке́сарь (késarʹ), царь (carʹ), and це́зарь (cézarʹ).

Pronunciation

Noun

це́сарь (césarʹm anim (genitive це́саря, nominative plural це́сари, genitive plural це́сарей)

  1. (archaic) emperor, king

Usage notes

  • Occasionally used as an archaic term for Roman, Byzantine, and Holy Roman Emperors. Formerly, in addition, used for biblical kings, Mongolian khans, and as an honorific by Grand Dukes of Moscow.

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References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “царь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress