Xerxes

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English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈzɜk.siːz/
• (US) enPR: zûrk'sēz, IPA^(key): /ˈzɝksiːz/

Proper noun

Xerxes ‎(plural Xerxeses)

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: خْشَايَارْشَا m ‎(ḵšāyāršā), خَرْخَس m ‎(ḵarḵas)
• Armenian: Քսերքսես ‎(Kʿserkʿses)
• Czech: Xerxes m, Xerxés m
• Finnish: Kserkses I
• Georgian: ქსერქსე I ‎(kserkse I)
• Greek: Ξέρξης (el) m ‎(Xérxis), Ξέρξης Α΄ m ‎(Xérxis A΄)
• Hebrew: אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ (he) ‎(akhashverósh)
• Hindi: क्षयार्षा ‎(kṣayārṣā)
• Indonesian: Ahasyweros
• Italian: Serse (it) m

• Kurdish:

  Kurmanji: Xeşeyerşa I

• Marathi: खशायर शाह ‎(khaśāyar śāh)
• Persian: خشایارشا ‎(Xašâyâršâ), خشایار (fa) ‎(xašâyâr)

  Old Persian: 𐎧𐏁𐎹𐎠𐎼𐏁𐎠 ‎(xšayāršā)

• Polish: Kserkses I (pl) m
• Portuguese: Xerxes m
• Russian: Ксеркс m ‎(Kserks)
• Spanish: Jerjes I m
• Ukrainian: Ксеркс m ‎(Kserks)

Xerxes II of Persia

• Armenian: Քսերքսես ‎(Kʿserkʿses)
• Czech: Xerxes m, Xerxés m
• Finnish: Kserkses II
• Greek: Ξέρξης Β΄ m ‎(Xérxis V΄)

• Polish: Kserkses II (pl) m
• Russian: Ксеркс m ‎(Kserks)
• Spanish: Jerjes II m
• Ukrainian: Ксеркс m ‎(Kserks)

given name

• Polish: Kserkses (pl) m

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.

Translations to be checked

• Arabic: ^{(please verify)} خْشَايَارْشَا m ‎(ḵšāyāršā), ^{(please verify)} خَرْخَس m ‎(ḵarḵas)
• Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} Kserks m
• Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} Kserks m
• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} Kserkso
• Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} אחשורוש m ‎(akhashwerosh)
• Hungarian: ^{(please verify)} Xerxész (hu)
• Kurdish: ^{(please verify)} Xeşeyerşa

• Persian: ^{(please verify)} خشایارشا ‎(khšāyāršā), ^{(please verify)} خشایارشاه ‎(khšāyāršāh)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ^{(please verify)} Ксеркс m

  Latin: ^{(please verify)} Kserks m

• Slovene: ^{(please verify)} Kserkses m
• Turkish: ^{(please verify)} Serhas

See also

• Ahasuerus
• Artaxerxes

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Catalan

Proper noun

Xerxes m

1. Xerxes

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Xerxes m

1. Xerxes (name of various Persian emperors)