Darius

See also: darius

English

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

Albanian: Daríu m (definite), Darí m (indefinite) 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) Hindi: दारा (hi) m (dārā), दारयबहु m (dāraybahu) 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 (tr) Ukrainian: Да́рій (uk) m (Dárij) Urdu: دارا m (dārā)

male given name

Albanian: Daríu m (definite), Darí m (indefinite), Dari m (definite), Dar m (indefinite), Dário m (definite), Dário m (indefinite) 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.ʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [daˈriː.us]

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