The story
- Old Persian · derived from𐎠𐎼𐎫𐎧𐏁𐏂𐎠“whose rule is through truth”
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἈρταξέρξης
- Latin · borrowed fromArtaxerxēs
- English todayArtaxerxes
From Latin Artaxerxēs, from Ancient Greek Ἀρταξέρξης (Artaxérxēs), from Old Persian 𐎠𐎼𐎫𐎧𐏁𐏂𐎠 (a-r-t-x-š-ç-a /R̥taxšaçāʰ/, “whose rule is through truth”). Akin to Old Armenian Արտաշէս (Artašēs) and Persian اردشیر (ardašēr).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.