Xerxes

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ξέρξης (Xerxēs), from Old Persian 𐎧𐏁𐎹𐎠𐎼𐏁𐎠 (Xšayāršā, “ruler among kings”).

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈzɜk.siːz/
• (US) enPR: zûrk'sēz, IPA: /ˈzɝksiːz/

Proper noun

Xerxes

1. Xerxes I, a Persian king of the Achaemenid dynasty who reigned 485-465 BC.
2. Xerxes II, a Persian king who ruled for 45 days in 424 BC before being assassinated.
3. A male given name mainly applied to historical and fictional characters.

Translations

Xerxes I of Persia

• Arabic: خشايارشا (ar) (khšāyāršā) m, خرخس (ar) (kharkhas) m
• Armenian: Քսերքսես (hy) (K’serk’ses)
• Czech: Xerxes (cs) m, Xerxés (cs) m
• Finnish: Kserkses I (fi)
• Greek: Ξέρξης Α' (el) (Xérxis A) m

• Italian: Serse (it) m
• Persian: خشایارشا (fa) (Xašâyâršâ)
• Polish: Kserkses I (pl) m
• Russian: Ксеркс (ru) (Ksérks) m
• Ukrainian: Ксеркс (uk) (Ksérks) m

Xerxes II of Persia

• Armenian: Քսերքսես (hy) (K’serk’ses)
• Czech: Xerxes (cs) m, Xerxés (cs) m
• Finnish: Kserkses II (fi)
• Greek: Ξέρξης Β' (el) (Xérxis B) m

• Polish: Kserkses II (pl) m
• Russian: Ксеркс (ru) (Ksérks) m
• Ukrainian: Ксеркс (uk) (Ksérks) m

given name

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• Arabic: خشايارشا (khšāyāršā) m, خرخس (kharkhas) m
• Serbo-Croatian: Kserks (sh) m
• Serbo-Croatian: Kserks (sh) m
• Esperanto: Kserkso
• Hebrew: אחשורוש (akhashwerosh) m
• Hungarian: Xerxész (hu)
• Kurdish: Xeşeyerşa

• Persian: خشایارشا (khšāyāršā), خشایارشاه (khšāyāršāh)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Ксеркс m

  Latin: Kserks m

• Slovene: Kserkses (sl) m
• Spanish: Jerjes m
• Turkish: Serhas

See also

• Ahasuerus