Darius en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- /ˈdæɹi.əs/ (UK)
- /dəˈɹaɪ.əs/ (UK)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈdɑɹi.əs/ (US)
- /dəˈɹaɪ.əs/ (US)
- /ˈdæɹi.əs/ (US)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Dārīus, from Ancient Greek Δᾱρεῖος (Dāreîos), from Old Persian 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎢𐏁 (Dārayauš), shortened form of 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁 (Dārayavaʰuš); see there for more.
Meanings
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Any of several kings in Achaemenid dynasty of Persia, 6th to 4th century BCE.
And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Daniel 5:31:
- A male given name from Old Persian.
- A surname.
Relateds
Translations (71)
hi दारयबहु (any of several Persian kings) · ka დარიოსი (any of several Persian kings) · fi Dareios (any of several Persian kings) · ro Darius (any of several Persian kings) · sq Dar (male given name) · he דריווש \ דָּרְיָוֶשׁ (any of several Persian kings) · ru Да́риуш (male given name) · kmr Daryûş (any of several Persian kings) · sh Darije (any of several Persian kings) · de Darius (any of several Persian kings) · ur دارا (any of several Persian kings) · oge დარეჰ (any of several Persian kings) · pl Dariusz (any of several Persian kings) · ru Да́рий (male given name) · fa دارا (any of several Persian kings) · nl Darius (any of several Persian kings) · de Dareios (any of several Persian kings) · la Darius (any of several Persian kings) · hi दारा (any of several Persian kings) · ga Dáirias (any of several Persian kings) · syc ܕܪܝܘܫ (any of several Persian kings) · ja ダレイオス (any of several Persian kings) · elx 𒁹𒁕𒊑𒅀𒈠𒌋𒅖 (any of several Persian kings) · fa داریوش (any of several Persian kings) · es Darío (any of several Persian kings) · sq Darí (male given name) · sq Dário (male given name) · kmr Daryûş (male given name) · arc דָּרְיָוֶשׁ (any of several Persian kings) · ru Да́рий (any of several Persian kings) · tr Darius (any of several Persian kings) · fa داریوش (male given name) · et Dareios (any of several Persian kings) · hu Dárajavaus (any of several Persian kings) · pt Dario (any of several Persian kings) · sv Darieios (any of several Persian kings) · akk 𒁕𒀀𒊑𒅀𒀀𒈲 (any of several Persian kings) · sv Darius (any of several Persian kings) · hu Dareiosz (any of several Persian kings) · ar دَارِيُوش (male given name) · sq Dari (male given name) · kmr Dara (any of several Persian kings) · ca Darios (any of several Persian kings) · no Dareios (any of several Persian kings) · xcl Դարեհ (any of several Persian kings) · te దర్యావేషు (any of several Persian kings) · peo 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁 (any of several Persian kings) · sq Daríu (male given name) · ar دَارِيُوس (any of several Persian kings) · ja ダーレイオス (any of several Persian kings) · akk 𒁕𒀀𒊑𒈲 (any of several Persian kings) · bg Дарий (any of several Persian kings) · sh Дарије (any of several Persian kings) · ka დარიოსი (male given name) · uk Да́рій (any of several Persian kings) · grc Δαρεῖος (any of several Persian kings) · fr Darius (any of several Persian kings) · kmr Daryûs (any of several Persian kings) · ar دَارَا (any of several Persian kings) · sq Dário (male given name) · hy Դարեհ (any of several Persian kings) · it Dario (any of several Persian kings) · sa धारयवसु (any of several Persian kings) · cmn 德流士 (any of several Persian kings) · sq Darí (any of several Persian kings) · da Dareios (any of several Persian kings) · el Δαρείος (any of several Persian kings) · cmn 大流士 (any of several Persian kings) · peo 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁 (male given name) · mk Дариј (any of several Persian kings) · sq Daríu (any of several Persian kings)