Where does “خشايارشا” come from?

خشايارشا (Arabic) comes from Old Persian 𐎧𐏁𐎹𐎠𐎼𐏁𐎠, from Old Persian *(w)r̥šā — man.

خشايارشا (Arabic): Xerxes, Ahasuerus

Definitions

  1. Xerxes, Ahasuerus

Ancestry of “خشايارشا”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Persian𐎧𐏁𐎹𐎠𐎼𐏁𐎠ruler among kings
2Old Persian*(w)r̥šāman
Every word from Old Persian *(w)r̥šā →Every word from Old Persian 𐎧𐏁𐎹𐎠𐎼𐏁𐎠 →