Cyrus

English

Etymology

From Latin Cȳrus, from Ancient Greek Κῦρος (Kûros), from Old Persian 𐎤𐎢𐎽𐎢𐏁 (kuruš). As a saints' name it has been identified by folk etymology with Ancient Greek κύριος (kúrios, “lord”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsaɪɹəs/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• Rhymes: -aɪɹəs

Proper noun

Cyrus

1. An ancient king of Persia, Cyrus the Great.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Ezra 1:2:

     Thus sayth Cyrus king of Persia, The Lord God of heauen hath giuen mee all the kingdomes of the earth, and he hath charged me to build him an house at Ierusalem, which is in Iudah.

2. A male given name from Old Persian.
3. A surname.

Translations

ancient king of Persia

• Ancient Greek: Κῦρος m (Kûros)
• Aramaic: כורש‎
• Armenian: Կյուրոս (Kyuros)

  Old Armenian: Կիւրոս (Kiwros)

• Azerbaijani: Kir
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 居魯士／居鲁士 (Jūlǔshì), 古列 (Gǔliè)

• Finnish: Kyyros (fi)
• French: Cyrus (fr) m
• Georgian: კიროსი (ḳirosi)
• Greek: Κύρος ο Μέγας m (Kýros o Mégas)

  Ancient: Κύρος m (Kúros)

• Hebrew: כורש‎ (koresh)
• Italian: Ciro (it) m
• Japanese: キューロス (kyūrosu)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Latin: Cyrus (la)
• Macedonian: Кир (Kir)
• Persian: کوروش بزرگ‎ (kuroš-e bozorg)

  Old Persian: 𐎤𐎢𐎽𐎢𐏁 (kuruš)

• Portuguese: Ciro (pt) m
• Rarotongan: Kuro
• Russian: Кир (ru) m (Kir)
• Spanish: Ciro (es) m

male given name

• Armenian: Կյուրոս (Kyuros)
• Catalan: Cir (ca) m
• Esperanto: Ciro
• Greek: Κύρος (el) (Kýros)
• Hebrew: כּוֹרֶשׁ‎
• Italian: Ciro (it) m
• Persian: کورش‎ (fa) (kuroš)
• Portuguese: Ciro (pt) m
• Russian: Са́йрус (ru) m (Sájrus), Кир (ru) m (Kir)
• Spanish: Ciro (es) m

References

• Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: A Concise Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press 2001.

Anagrams

• crusy

Cebuano

Etymology

From English Cyrus, from Latin Cyrus, from Ancient Greek Κῦρος (Kûros), from Old Persian 𐎤𐎢𐎽𐎢𐏁 (kuruš).

Proper noun

Cyrus

1. Cyrus, an ancient king of Persia
2. a male given name from Old Persian

Latin

View of the river

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Κῦρος (Kûros).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkyː.rus/, [ˈkyːrʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.rus/, [ˈt͡ʃiːrus]

Proper noun

Cȳrus m sg (genitive Cȳrī); second declension

1. Cyrus
2. (rivers) Kura

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Cȳrus
Genitive	Cȳrī
Dative	Cȳrō
Accusative	Cȳrum
Ablative	Cȳrō
Vocative	Cȳre

Derived terms

• Cȳrēa

References

• “Cyrus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Cyrus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette