Cosar

See also: cosar and coșar

Latin

Etymology

The origin is unknown. Attested as Arabic خَزَر (ḵazar), Byzantine Greek Χάζαροι (Kházaroi), Hebrew כּוּזָרִים (Kuzarim), Old Armenian խազիր (xazir), Old East Slavic козаринъ (kozarinŭ), Persian خزر (xazar), Russian хаза́р (xazár), Tatar хәзәр (xäzär), Turkish Hazar, etc.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈko.sar/, [ˈkɔs̠är]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈko.sar/, [ˈkɔːs̬är]

Noun

Cosar m (indeclinable)

1. (Medieval Latin) Khazar

Synonyms

• Cosareus

Related terms

• Cosariticus

References

• Halevi, Judah with trans. Johannes Buxtorf the Younger (Johannes Buxtorfius) (1660) Liber Cosri, Basel, page 1