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Darius
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darius
English
Etymology
en ine-pro *dʰer-
Borrowed from en la Dārīus, from en grc Δᾱρεῖος, from en peo 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎢𐏁 Dārayauš, shortened form of peo 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁 Dārayavaʰuš; see there for more.
Pronunciation
en /ˈdæɹi.əs/ /ˈdɑɹi.əs/ /dəˈɹaɪ.əs/ US
en /dəˈɹaɪ.əs/ /ˈdæɹi.əs/ UK
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Darius.wav Southern England
en aɪəs æɹiəs 3
Proper noun
Any of several kings in Achaemenid dynasty of Persia, 6th to 4th century BCE.
Daniel 5 31 And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old.
en male Old Persian.
en.
Related terms
en Daria
Translations
any of several Persian kings
Akkadian: akk 𒁕𒀀𒊑𒅀𒀀𒈲 da-a-ri-ia-a-muš, akk 𒁕𒀀𒊑𒈲 da-a-ri-muš
Albanian: sq Daríu m definite, sq Darí m indefinite
Arabic: ar دَارَا m, ar دَارِيُوس m
Aramaic: arc דָּרְיָוֶשׁ dārəyāweš
Classical Syriac: syc ܕܪܝܘܫ dāryāwaš
Armenian: hy Դարեհ
Old Armenian: xcl Դարեհ
Bulgarian: bg Дарий m
Catalan: ca Darios
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 大流士 Dàliúshì, cmn 德流士 Déliúshì
Danish: da Dareios
Dutch: nl Darius
Elamite: elx 𒁹𒁕𒊑𒅀𒈠𒌋𒅖 mda-ri-ia-ma-u-iš
Estonian: et Dareios
Finnish: fi Dareios
French: fr Darius m
Georgian: ka დარიოსი
Old Georgian: oge დარეჰ
German: de Dareios m, de Darius m
Greek: el Δαρείος
Ancient Greek: grc Δαρεῖος m
Hebrew: he דריווש דריווש \ דָּרְיָוֶשׁ m dar'yávesh
Hindi: hi दारा m, hi दारयबहु m
Hungarian: hu Dareiosz, hu Dárajavaus
Irish: ga Dáirias m
Italian: it Dario
Japanese: ja ダレイオス Dareiosu, ja ダーレイオス dāreiosu
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: kmr Daryûs, kmr Daryûş, kmr Dara
Latin: la Darius
Macedonian: mk Дариј m
Norwegian: no Dareios
Persian: fa داریوش dâryuš, fa دارا dârâ archaic
Middle Persian: pal dʾlʾḇ Dārā(y) Phlv
Old Persian: peo 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁 dārayavauš
Polish: pl Dariusz
Portuguese: pt Dario
Romanian: ro Darius m
Russian: ru Да́рий m
Sanskrit: sa धारयवसु m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Дарије m
Latin: sh Darije m
Spanish: es Darío m
Swedish: sv Darieios, sv Darius
Telugu: te దర్యావేషు
Turkish: tr Darius
Ukrainian: uk Да́рій m
Urdu: ur دارا m dārā
male given name
Albanian: sq Daríu m definite, sq Darí m indefinite, sq Dari m definite, sq Dar m indefinite, sq Dário m definite, sq Dário m indefinite
Arabic: ar دَارِيُوش m
Georgian: ka დარიოსი
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: kmr Daryûş
Persian: fa داریوش dâryuš
Old Persian: peo 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁 dārayavauš
Russian: ru Да́рий m, ru Да́риуш m
Anagrams
en adirsu RADIUS radius
en Ancient Near East
Cebuano
Etymology
From ceb en Darius, borrowed from ceb la Dārīus, from ceb grc Δᾱρεῖος, from ceb peo 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎢𐏁 dārayauš, shortened form of peo 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁 dārayava(h)uš.
Proper noun
ceb noun
ceb male English < Old Persian
Quotations
ceb
Latin
Alternative forms
la Dārēus
Etymology
la :bor grc:Δᾱρεῖος
From la grc Δᾱρεῖος, from la peo 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎢𐏁 Dārayauš, shortened form of peo 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁 Dārayavaʰuš.
Pronunciation
Dārīus
Proper noun
Dārīus<2>
en Darius
Declension
Dārīus<2>
Descendants
en Darius 1
it Dario 1
pt Dario 1
es Darío 1
my ဒါရိ 1
Anagrams
la aridus
Lithuanian
Etymology
Possibly from the same root as lt dar.
Pronunciation
Dãrius
Proper noun
m Dãrius Dara//Darė 2
lt male
Usage notes
The Persian-derived name is transliterated as lt Darijus.
Declension
Dari Dãri s
Related terms
lt clippings Daras Daris Darutis
Proper noun
m Dãrius Darienė Dariūtė 1
lt rare lt m
lt historical Steponas Darius Lithuanian-American pilot
Declension
Dãri
References