ܩܣܪ
Classical Syriac
Alternative forms
- ܩܐܣܪ (qēʾsār)
- ܩܗܣܐܪ (qēhsāʾr)
- ܩܨܪ (qēṣār)
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Καῖσαρ (Kaîsar), from Latin Caesar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈqe.sɑr]
Noun
ܩܣܪ • (qēsār) m (plural ܩܣܪܘ or ܩܣܪܣ)
- caesar, emperor
- (figuratively) refuge
References
- “qysr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2017-10-09
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 324b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 512a
- Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana; Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, p. 1388b