Darius

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Etymology

From Latin Darius, from Ancient Greek Δαρεῖος (Dareios), from Old Persian 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁 (Dārayavauš, “Upholder of good”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /dæɹiəs/, /dɑɹiəs/
• Rhymes: -æɹiəs

Proper noun

Darius

1. Name of several kings in Achaemenid dynasty of Persia, 6th to 4th century BCE.
   • 1611, King James Version of the Bible (Authorized Version), Daniel 5:31:

     And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old.

2. A male given name.

Related terms

• Daria

Translations

any of several Persian kings

• Irish: Dáirias (ga) m

male given name

• Ancient Greek: Δαρεῖος (Dareios)
• Arabic: داريوش (ar) (daryush) m
• Aramaic: דריוש
• Armenian: Դարեհ (hy) (Dareh)

  Old Armenian: Դարեհ (Dareh)

• Bulgarian: Дарий (bg) (Darij) m
• Catalan: Darios (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 大流士 (cmn) (Dàliúshì), 德流士 (cmn) (Déliúshì)

• Dutch: Darius (nl)
• Finnish: Dareios (fi)
• French: Darius (fr) m
• German: Darius (de) m
• Greek: Δαρείος (el) (Dareíos)
• Hebrew: דריווש (he) m
• Hungarian: Dareiosz (hu)
• Irish: Dáire (ga) m
• Italian: Dario (it)
• Japanese: ダライアス (ja) (Daraiasu)

• Kurdish: Daryûş (ku)
• Latin: Darius (la)
• Macedonian: Дариј (mk) (Dárij) m
• Norwegian: Dareios (no)
• Persian: داریوش (fa) (Dâryuš)

  Old Persian: 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁 (dârayavauš)

• Polish: Dariusz (pl)
• Portuguese: Dario (pt)
• Romanian: Darius (ro) m
• Russian: Дарий (ru) (Dárij) m, Дариуш (ru) (Dáriuš) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Дарије (sh) m

  Roman: Darije (sh) m

• Spanish: Darío (es) m
• Swedish: Darius (sv)
• Turkish: Darius (tr)
• Ukrainian: Дарій (uk) (Dárij) m
• Urdu: دارا (ur) (dārā) m

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Proper noun

Darius

1. Darius