Persepolis

See also: Persépolis

English

Etymology

From Latin Persepolis, from Ancient Greek Περσέπολις (Persépolis), from Πέρσης (Pérsēs, “Persian”) + πόλις (pólis, “city”), from Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (Pārsa, “Persis, Persia, a Persian, Persepolis”) although ancient Greek writers relate a folk etymology that derived the city, country, and people's name from Ancient Greek πέρθειν (pérthein, “to sack, to kill”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pəˈsɛpəlɪs/, /pɜːˈsɛpəlɪs/
• (US) IPA^(key): /pɚˈsɛpəlɪs/

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Proper noun

Persepolis

1. (historical) The ceremonial capital city of Achaemenid Persia; its ruins in the present day.

Synonyms

• Chilminar, Chelminar, Tchelminar (obsolete)

Derived terms

• Persepolitan

Translations

ancient city of Persia; its modern ruins

• Arabic: بِرْسِيبُولِيس (birsībūlīs), تَخْتْ جَمْشِيد f (taḵt jamšīd)
• Armenian: Պերսեպոլիս (Persepolis)
• Bengali: পার্সেপলিস্ (parśepolis‌)
• Bulgarian: Персеполис (Persepolis)
• Catalan: Persèpolis
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 波斯波利斯

• Esperanto: Persepolo
• Finnish: Persepolis
• French: Persépolis (fr) m
• Georgian: პერსეპოლისი (ṗerseṗolisi)
• Greek: Περσέπολη (Persépoli)

  Ancient: Περσέπολις (Persépolis)

• Hebrew: פרספוליס
• Hindi: पर्सेपोलिस (parsepolis)
• Hungarian: Perszepolisz (hu)
• Italian: Persepoli
• Japanese: ペルセポリス (Peruseporisu)
• Korean: 페르세폴리스 (Pereusepolliseu)
• Latin: Persepolis (la)
• Middle Persian: 𐭮𐭲𐭮𐭲𐭥𐭭𐭩 (Sadestūn)
• Old Persian: 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (Pārsa)
• Persian: تخت جمشید (fa) (taxt-e jamšid), چهل منار (čehel menâr), پارسه (fa) (pârse), پرسپولیس (fa) (perspolis)
• Portuguese: Persépolis f
• Russian: Персеполь (ru) m (Persepolʹ)
• Spanish: Persépolis f
• Urdu: تخت جمشید (taxt-e-jamšīd)

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Περσέπολις (Persépolis), from Πέρσης (Pérsēs, “Persian”) + πόλις (pólis, “city”), from Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (Pārsa, “Persis, Persia, a Persian, Persepolis”) although ancient Greek writers relate a folk etymology that derived the city, country, and people's name from Ancient Greek πέρθειν (pérthein, “to sack, to kill”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /perˈseː.po.lis/, [pɛrˈs̠eːpɔlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /perˈse.po.lis/, [perˈsɛːpolis]

Proper noun

Persēpolis f sg (genitive Persēpolis); third declension

1. (historical) Persepolis

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem, partially Greek-type), with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Persēpolis
Genitive	Persēpolis
Dative	Persēpolī
Accusative	Persēpolim Persēpolin
Ablative	Persēpolī
Vocative	Persēpolis Persēpolī
Locative	Persēpolī

Descendants

• Catalan: Persèpolis
• English: Persepolis
• Esperanto: Persepolo
• French: Persépolis
• Polish: Persepolis
• Portuguese: Persépolis
• Spanish: Persépolis
• Italian: Persepoli