kesar
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkeɪzə/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈkeɪzəɹ/
Noun
kesar (plural kesars)
- Obsolete form of Kaiser.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto VII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, OCLC 960102938, stanza 5, page 273:
- But moſt were ſtampt, and in their metal bare
The antique ſhapes of kings and keſars ſtraung & rare.
- 1922 October, A[lfred] E[dward] Housman, “[Poem] VIII”, in Last Poems, London: Grant Richards Ltd., OCLC 31583861, stanza 3, lines 5–6, page 23:
- Now no more of winters biting,
Filth in trench from fall to spring,
Summers full of sweat and fighting
For the Kesar or the King.
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Etymology 2
Borrowed from Hindustani केसर / کیسر (kesar, “saffron”), from Sanskrit केसर (késara).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkeɪsə/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈkeɪsəɹ/
Noun
kesar (uncountable)
- (South Asia, cooking) Saffron.
- Synonym: zafrani
- kesar milk
- 2001, Arun Kaul, Kesar: The cultural geography of Kashmir, page 228:
- The newly emerging Muslim middle class would offer ‘kesar’ tea after marriages or other formal feasts, replacing the traditional tea leaves with kesar strands. […] Over the years Pampur’s apiculture, claimed by many to create the best medicinal honey in the region, that is, kesar honey, has also prospered.
Anagrams
- Akers, Kaser, Kears, Rakes, akers, asker, eskar, rakes, reaks, reask, saker, skare, skear