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Ahasuerus
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English
Etymology
From en he אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ Akhashverósh from en peo 𐎧𐏁𐎹𐎠𐎼𐏁𐎠 xšayāršā ruler among kings. Cognates include en Xerxes 1 from Ancient Greek grc Ξέρξης, from the same Old Persian name.
Pronunciation
en /əˈhæz.wə.ɹəs/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Ahasuerus.wav Southern England
Proper noun
A king of Persia, later identified with Xerxes.
A name given to the Wandering Jew.
Translations
biblical king of Persia
Bulgarian: bg Асуир
Danish: da Ahasverus
Esperanto: eo Aĥaŝveroŝ
Faroese: fo Áhasverus m
Finnish: fi Kserkses
French: fr Assuérus
German: de Ahasverus, de Ahasveros
Greek: el Αρταξέρξης m
Ancient Greek: grc Ἀρταξέρξης m
Hebrew: he אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ m akhashverósh
Hindi: hi क्षयर्ष m
Indonesian: id Ahasyweros
Japanese: ja アハシュエロス
Latin: la Asuerus m, la Assuērus m
Norwegian: no Xerxes
Old Church Slavonic: cu Артаѯерѯъ m
Portuguese: pt Assuero m, pt Ahasverus m, pt Aasvero m, pt Ahasvero m, pt Assuerus m, pt Aasverus m
Russian: ru Артаксе́кс m, ru Ахашверо́ш m
Spanish: es Asuero m
Swedish: sv Ahasveros
Ukrainian: uk Агашверош
Yiddish: yi אחשורוש m akhashveyresh
the Wandering Jew
Czech: cs Ahasver
German: de Ahasver, de Ahasverus
Russian: ru Агасфе́р m
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