kayser

See also: Kayser

English

Etymology

Named after Heinrich Kayser.

Noun

kayser (plural kaysers)

1. A unit of wavenumber in the CGS system of units, equivalent to the number of waves in one centimeter.

Derived terms

• millikayser

Further reading

• Wavenumber on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• yarkes, skeary, karsey, Arksey

Middle English

Alternative forms

• caisare, caiser, caisoure, cayser, caysere, kaiser, kaisere, keiser

Etymology

Often taken as borrowed from Old High German keisar, from Proto-West Germanic *kaisar, from Proto-Germanic *kaisaraz, from Latin Caesar, though borrowing from Old Norse keisari (from Old Saxon *keisari, from the same Proto-West Germanic source) has sometimes been posited instead; Dance prefers this on the basis of forms with final /ə/ (traditionally explained as assimilation to the synonym casere), asserting that those without it come from syncope before the final /s/ in the plural which was then levelled into the singular, while Björkman hypothesises a blend of both etymologies.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkæi̯zər(ə)/

Noun

kayser (plural kayseres, dative singular kaysere)

1. An emperor (the ruler of an empire; a supreme ruler)

   Synonym: emperour

Descendants

• ⇒ English: Kaiser, kaiser
  • → Scots: Kaiser

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قیصر (kayser), from Persian قیصر (qeysar).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kajˈseɾ/
• Hyphenation: kay‧ser

Noun

kayser (definite accusative kayseri, plural kayserler) (historical)

1. Caesar, title of Roman and Byzantine emperors
2. Kaiser (emperor of a German-speaking country)

Declension

Declension of kayser

	singular	plural
nominative	kayser	kayserler
definite accusative	kayseri	kayserleri
dative	kaysere	kayserlere
locative	kayserde	kayserlerde
ablative	kayserden	kayserlerden
genitive	kayserin	kayserlerin

Related terms

• çar
• çariçe
• Kayseri
• kayzer
• sezaryen
• şeri

Further reading

• “kayser”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu