English Explanatory Dictionary

Caspar

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. one of the Magi.
  2. A male given name from Old Persian, more popular in the form Jasper.
  3. A census-designated place in Mendocino County, California, United States.

Pronunciation

/ˈkæspəː/ [ˈkʰæspəː] LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Caspar.wav /ˈkæspɚ/ [ˈkʰæspɚ] ~ [ˈkʰæspɹ̩]

Word forms

Caspar Jasper Gaspar Casper Kaspar Kasper Kosper Cosper Gosper

Etymology

A name given to one of the Magi in Western church tradition, from Biblical Hebrew גִּזְבָּר (gizbar), ultimately from Old Median *ganǰabarah; see it for more. Compare Hatran Aramaic 𐣢𐣦𐣡𐣣𐣩 (gzbry /⁠Gazzabray⁠/, “a given name”), also from Iranian.

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