The story
- Old Persian · derived from𐎧𐏁𐎹𐎠𐎼𐏁𐎠“ruler among kings”
- Hebrew · borrowed fromאֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ
- English todayAhasuerus
From Hebrew אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ (Akhashverósh) from Old Persian 𐎧𐏁𐎹𐎠𐎼𐏁𐎠 (x-š-y-a-r-š-a /xšayāršā/, “ruler among kings”). Cognates include Xerxes from Ancient Greek Ξέρξης (Xérxēs), from the same Old Persian name.
Words from the same roots
Old Persian𐎧𐏁𐎹𐎠𐎼𐏁𐎠 all →
Xerxes
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.