ツァー

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Japanese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English tsar, from Russian царь (carʹ), ultimately from Latin Caesar (a surname).[1][2]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ツァー • (tsā) 

  1. a czar, a tsar

Usage notes[edit]

The standard Japanese term for czar or tsar is ツァーリ (tsāri).

ツァー (tsā) is used in transliterations of English words or phrases.

Alternative forms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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