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.

Further reading

• Wavenumber on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• yarkes, skeary, karsey, Arksey

Middle English

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Old High German keisar, from Proto-West Germanic *kaisar, from Proto-Germanic *kaisaraz, from Latin Caesar. Doublet of casere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkæi̯zər/

Noun

kayser (plural kayseres, dative kaysere)

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

   Synonym: emperour

Descendants

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

References

• “cāsere, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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

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