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.

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Middle English

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Etymology

Often taken as borrowed from Old High German keisar,[1] 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,[2] while Björkman hypothesises a blend of both etymologies.[3]

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

References

  1. ^ “cāsere, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
  2. ^ Dance, Richard (2003), Words derived from Old Norse in early Middle English: studies in the vocabulary of the South-West Midland texts (Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies; 246)‎[1], Part B, Tempe, Arizona: Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, →ISBN, →OCLC, § 3.1, pages 427-429.
  3. ^ Björkman, Erik (1900), “Chapter I. Phonetic criteria of Scandinavian loan-words in English”, in Scandinavian loan-words in Middle English (Studien zur Englischen Philologie; 7)‎[2], Part I, Halle A.S.: Max Niemeyer, pages 56-57.

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

Further reading

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