I agree with you, but the proper transliteration is "tsar." There is a specific Cyrillic letter for the "ts" sound. In German, this sound is represented by the letter "z." We have grown up exposed to the usage of "czar," which is a western European transliteration. There is no western "z" sound.
I agree with you, but the proper transliteration is "tsar." There is a specific Cyrillic letter for the "ts" sound. In German, this sound is represented by the letter "z." We have grown up exposed to the usage of "czar," which is a western European transliteration. There is no western "z" sound.