Darius

See also: darius

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Dārīus, from Ancient Greek Δᾱρεῖος (Dāreîos), from Old Persian 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎢𐏁 (Dārayauš), shortened form of 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁 (Dārayavaʰuš), see it for more.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdæɹi.əs/, /ˈdɑɹi.əs/, /dəˈɹaɪ.əs/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -aɪəs, -æɹiəs

Proper noun

Darius

1. Any of several kings in Achaemenid dynasty of Persia, 6th to 4th century BCE.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Daniel 5:31:

     And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old.

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

Related terms

• Daria

Translations

any of several Persian kings

• Akkadian: 𒁕𒀀𒊑𒅀𒀀𒈲 (da-a-ri-ia-a-muš), 𒁕𒀀𒊑𒈲 (da-a-ri-muš)
• Arabic: دَارَا (ar) m (dārā), دَارِيُوس m (dāriyūs)
• Aramaic: דָּרְיָוֶשׁ (dārəyāweš)

  Classical Syriac: ܕܪܝܘܫ (dāryāwaš)

• Armenian: Դարեհ (Dareh)

  Old Armenian: Դարեհ (Dareh)

• Bulgarian: Дарий m (Darij)
• Catalan: Darios
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 大流士 (Dàliúshì), 德流士 (Déliúshì)

• Danish: Dareios
• Dutch: Darius (nl)
• Elamite: 𒁹𒁕𒊑𒅀𒈠𒌋𒅖 (^mda-ri-ia-ma-u-iš)
• Estonian: Dareios
• Finnish: Dareios
• French: Darius (fr) m
• Georgian: დარიოსი (dariosi)

  Old Georgian: დარეჰ (dareh)

• German: Dareios m, Darius m
• Greek: Δαρείος (el) (Dareíos)

  Ancient: Δαρεῖος m (Dareîos)

• Hebrew: דריווש \ דָּרְיָוֶשׁ m (dar'yávesh)
• Hungarian: Dareiosz, Dárajavaus
• Irish: Dáirias m
• Italian: Dario (it)
• Japanese: ダレイオス (Dareiosu), ダーレイオス (dāreiosu)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Daryûs (ku), Daryûş, Dara (ku)

• Latin: Darius
• Macedonian: Дариј m (Darij)
• Middle Persian: [Book Pahlavi needed] (dʾlʾḇ /⁠Dārā(y)⁠/)
• Norwegian: Dareios
• Persian: داریوش (fa) (dâryuš), دارا (fa) (dârâ) (archaic)

  Old Persian: 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁 (d-a-r-y-v-u-š /⁠dārayavauš⁠/)

• Polish: Dariusz (pl)
• Portuguese: Dario (pt)
• Romanian: Darius m
• Russian: Да́рий (ru) m (Dárij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Дарије m

  Roman: Darije m

• Spanish: Darío (es) m
• Swedish: Darieios, Darius
• Turkish: Darius
• Ukrainian: Да́рій (uk) m (Dárij)
• Urdu: دارا m (dārā)

male given name

• Arabic: دَارِيُوش m (dāriyūš)
• Georgian: დარიოსი (dariosi)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Daryûş

• Persian: داریوش (fa) (dâryuš)

  Old Persian: 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁 (d-a-r-y-v-u-š /⁠dārayavauš⁠/)

• Russian: Да́рий (ru) m (Dárij), Да́риуш m (Dáriuš)

Anagrams

• RADIUS, radius

Latin

Alternative forms

• Dārēus

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Δᾱρεῖος (Dāreîos), from Old Persian 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎢𐏁 (d-a-r-y-u-š /⁠Dārayauš⁠/), shortened form of 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁 (Dārayavaʰuš).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /daːˈriː.us/, [d̪äːˈriːʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /daˈri.us/, [d̪äˈriːus]

Proper noun

Dārīus m sg (genitive Dārīī); second declension

1. Darius

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Dārīus
genitive	Dārīī
dative	Dārīō
accusative	Dārīum
ablative	Dārīō
vocative	Dārīe

Descendants

• → English: Darius
• → Italian: Dario
• → Portuguese: Dario
• → Spanish: Darío

Anagrams

• aridus

Lithuanian

Proper noun

Darius m

1. a male given name