HISTORY
WORLD WAR I AND THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
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Zar
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Tsar
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Sar
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Xar
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Detailed explanation-1: -tsar, also spelled tzar or czar, English feminine tsarina, tzarina, or czarina, title associated primarily with rulers of Russia.
Detailed explanation-2: -: emperor. specifically : the ruler of Russia until the 1917 revolution. : one having great power or authority.
Detailed explanation-3: -From Russian (carʹ), from Old East Slavic (cĭsarĭ), from Proto-Slavic *cěsař, from a Germanic language, from Proto-Germanic *kaisaraz, from Latin Caesar.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Russian language uses a Cyrillic alphabet, which does not correspond phonetically with the Roman alphabet used for English. The three spellings you reference are based on the sound of the word in Russian.
Detailed explanation-5: -The title tsar is derived from the Latin title for the Roman emperors, caesar. The Greek equivalent of the Latin word imperator was the title autokrator.