Xerxes

English

Etymology

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

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
• French: Xerxès (fr) m
• Georgian: ქსერქსე I (kserkse I)
• German: Xerxes (de) m
• 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 Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Arabic: ^{(please verify)} خْشَايَارْشَا‎ m (ḵšāyāršā), ^{(please verify)} خَرْخَس‎ m (ḵarḵas)
• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} Kserkso
• Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} אחשורוש‎ (he) 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)